Dr. Mark Ward teaches Hermeneutics for RBS

Conversion

Dr. Ward was raised in a Christian home and never knew a day in which he consciously disbelieved in Jesus. However, it was in his middle teen years that Mark first began having an independent desire for God and for holiness. Though he does not know when he passed from death to life, Mark trusts in Christ alone for his salvation now.

Family

Mark was married in 2008 to Laura (née Vrotsos). Together they have three children.

Vocation

Bible YouTuber and church website designer.

Hobbies

Mark loves the best of the world's choral music; he also loves woodworking, yard work on his wife's micro-urban flower farm, and weekly ultimate frisbee games with his regular pickup crew!

Church Ministry

Mark is a (nearly) year-round Sunday school teacher and a frequent singer on the worship team at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, WA.

Ministry Experience

Mark spent many years in weekly evangelistic ministry across the tracks in Greenville, SC. His last five years there he served as an outreach pastor preaching weekly to a tiny congregation brought in on buses from the neighborhoods around the church. He was ordained as an elder/assistant pastor at Cornerstone Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday school, preached on occasion, and led music weekly. He has also served Christ's body as a writer, editor, and Bible teacher at Logos, Crossway, RightNow Media, and YouTube.

Education

BA, Bible, Bob Jones University (2001); MA, Bible, Bob Jones University (2003); PhD, New Testament, Bob Jones University (2011)

Publications

The Use and Misuse of the Kings James Bible, Lexham Press, 2018; The Complete Beginners Guide to Biblical Greek, Lexham Press, 2017.

For a full list of publications, see Mark’s C.V. here: https://byfaithweunderstand.com/c-v/

Teaching Experience

Dr. Ward taught the book of Romans in the online M.Div. Program at BJU Seminary. He taught biblical worldview and, a year later, hermeneutics at Antioch Christian Training School in the Yakima, WA. He also taught biblical worldview at Foundation Baptist College in Edmonton, Alberta.