Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson is married to Lora and they have three children, Parker, Summer and Josiah.

He is the lead pastor at National Community Church in Washington DC and he writes a wildly popular blog called www.evotional.com.
 

Mark was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, did a short stint in Wisconsin where he became a cheese head, and grew up in Naperville, Illinois.

Mark went to the University of Chicago on a basketball scholarship and majored in pre-law. After a prayer walk through a cow pasture in 1989, he felt called to full time ministry and ended up at Central Bible College. That’s the short story. Mark also has two masters degrees from Trinity University. He is the author of ID: The True You and In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day.

Perhaps you have heard Batterson speak in person at LeadNow, Catalyst, or at other conferences. He has a passion for small group Bible study and Mark has been an encouragement to the staff at Small Group Exchange. Mark is releasing a new video driven small group series with Bluefish TV called Facing the Unknown.

And most importantly, he is still the undisputed wrestling champion of the Batterson family.