Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Hebrews 12:1-2
Mark DeVries
President and Founder, Ministry Architects
Mark DeVries served as the Associate Pastor for Youth and Their Families at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee for 28 years. Though he resigned his position as youth pastor in 2014, after a year away, he plans to return to First Presbyterian as a volunteer associate pastor. Mark graduated Summa Cum Laude from Baylor University in Waco, Texas with a B.A. in English and Greek in 1980, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1986 with a senior concentration in Youth Evangelism. Mark is the author of a number of books, including Sustainable Youth Ministry and Family-Based Youth Ministry..Mark lives in Nashville with Susan, his wife of over 30 years, and they have three grown children and three grandchildren.
