Mark Dever
| Mark E. Dever | |
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| Born | August 28, 1960 |
| Residence | Washington D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Pastor, Theologian, Writer |
| Years active | 2001– |
| Notable work | Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, It is Well: Expositions on Substitutionary Atonement |
| Spouse(s) | Connie |
| Children | Annie, Nathan |
| Theological work | |
| Era | Late 20th and early 21st century |
| Language | English |
| Tradition or movement | Calvinist, Evangelical, Baptist |
| Main interests | Ecclesiology |
| Notable ideas | Nine Marks Ecclesiology |
Mark E. Dever (born August 28, 1960) is the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and the president of 9Marks (formerly known as the Center for Church Reform), a Christian ministry he co-founded "in an effort to build biblically faithful churches in America." He is known as a Calvinist preacher.
Dever grew up in rural Kentucky where he was an avid reader. He began reading sections of the World Book Encyclopedia and the Harvard Classics before he was ten years old and based upon his reading and thinking considered himself an agnostic in his younger years. Later rereading and thinking about the Gospels and the change that he saw in the life of Jesus' disciples led him to become a Christian.
Dever earned the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Duke University, Master of Divinity, summa cum laude, from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Master of Theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Doctor of Philosophy in ecclesiastical history from Cambridge University.
Dever is married with two adult children.
Capitol Hill Baptist Church is a Baptist church located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., a few blocks from the United States Capitol. Dever has been the senior pastor of the church since 1994. Capitol Hill Baptist is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
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