Since 1997, Pastor Mark has been driven by a single question: If the kingdom of heaven is not segregated, why on earth is the church?

That's why he planted the Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas in the summer of 2001, together with his wife, Linda, and their four young children at the time.

Churches like Mosaic—multiethnic and economically diverse—were so rare at the time that he often felt crazy and alone. So, in 2004, he co-founded the Mosaix Global Network to bring together ministry leaders who shared the same vision and struggle. That led writing his first book on the subject in 2007; launching Vine & Village—a community-based nonprofit in 2008; and convening the first national Multiethnic Church Conference in 2010.

Planting a multiethnic church in Little Rock's under resourced 72204 community—marked by high crime, poverty, and homelessness—required disruptive financial innovation to get beyond sole dependence on tithes and offerings while remianing fully dependent on God. That journey eventually led to structural shifts as outlined in Mark's seminal book on the subject of Church Economics—a term he coined—which continues to shape conversations in churches nationwide and beyond.

As an individual and collectively with others at Mosaic, then, Mark is all about peacemaking—from representing Jesus well at the bridge of Christ's humanity to leading others at the bridge of His divinity. More than that, he finds joy in guiding ministry leaders up and over mountains they've never climbed and down roads they've not yet traveled, helping them to navigate the 21st century's turbulent seas. In part, he does this as a Contributing Editor at Outreach magazine, the Director of Multiethnic NEXT for Exponential, and at the Mosaix Institute at Wheaton College Billy Graham Center.

If such things resonate, know this: You're not crazy or alone. You can connect with Mark in the following ways: website and email.

https://markdeymaz.com

alison@mosaix.info