Mark Matlock
Mark Matlock | |
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| Occupation | Author Motivational speaker Youth pastor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Biola University |
| Genre | Christian literature |
| Subject | Youth ministry |
| Notable works | Dirty Faith Freshman: The College Student's Guide to Developing Wisdom "Living A Life That Matters" "Real World Parents" "Raising Wise Children" "Don't Buy The Lie" "Smart Faith with JP Moreland" "Faith For Exiles with David Kinnaman" |
| Spouse | Jade Matlock |
| Website | |
| www | |
Mark Matlock (born 1969) is the former[1] executive director of youth specialties and the founder of WisdomWorks Ministries.[2] He is an ordained minister[3] and youth pastor[4] who lives in Dallas.[5] He coauthored the book Dirty Faith with Audio Adrenaline.[6] He also wrote Freshman: The College Student's Guide to Developing Wisdom.[7] In this book, Matlock gives the following definition for wisdom: "the human capacity to understand life from God's perspective"; in the book Lost in Transition: Becoming Spiritually Prepared for College, Tommy McGregor praised Matlock's definition for recognizing that "true wisdom comes from God."[8] Matlock spoke at the 2006 Creation Festival, the world's biggest Christian music festival.[9] He also spoke to an audience of 11,000 Christian youth at DCLA that year.[10] In 2011, he spoke at the Nazarene Youth Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.[11] Mark is the main speaker and founder of Planet Wisdom, which has featured Chris Coleman, Mercy Me, The Digital Age, Addison Road The Swift, The Skit Guys (Eddie James & Tommy Woodard), Fred Lynch, Sean McDowell and Heather Flies.[12]
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Writers from Dallas
- 21st-century American Christian clergy
- American Christian writers
- Christian scholars
- American motivational writers
- American spiritual writers
- American religion academics
- 21st-century American academics
- Sociologists of religion
- American sociologists
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American male writers