Mark Driscoll

**Mark A. Driscoll** (born 1970) is an American evangelical pastor and author. He serves as Senior and Founding Pastor of The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, which was founded in 2016.

Despite Driscoll seem as "an evangelical bad boy, a gifted orator and [a] charismatic leader", as described by New York Times, Driscoll is conservative evangelical.

## Early Life

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Driscoll was born on 1970, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was raised as Roman Catholic (non-practicing) in the Riverton Heights area of SeaTac, Washington. He is the oldest of five children and the son of a union drywaller. He described a difficulty growing up within on family history surrounded of abuse and crime during his childhood, writing:

> "The men on my father's side include uneducated alcoholics, mental patients, and women beaters. ... One of the main reasons my parents moved from North Dakota to Seattle was to get away from some family members when I was a very young boy."
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After graduating from high school, Driscoll attended Washington State University on scholarship, which became a Christian during his freshman year. Driscoll was graduated from WSU with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. He later completed a Master’s degree in Exegetical Theology from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

## Marriage and Family

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### Early Relationship and Marriage

In high school, he met his future wife,Grace Martin, daughter of an evangelical pastor.. At the age of 19, Driscoll converted to evangelical Christianity. Mark and Grace later were married on August 15, 1992.

### Fatherhood

Together with Grace they have five children : Ashley (1995 or 1996), Zac (8/1999), Alexie, Calvin, and Gideon.

## Beliefs and Practice

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### Sexuality

#### View Toward Gender

On gender roles, Driscoll is a complementarian, believing that men and women have equal worth, but have different roles within the family and the church. He endorses male headship of the home and church. In the past he wished he could change the parts of the Bible that he believes restrict women from being pastors, however in later day he more favor male leadership rather than woman.

#### Homosexual

Driscoll believes that homosexual behavior is sinful and that marriage is between one man and one woman.

In *Christians Might Be Crazy*, Driscoll defends marriage as being between a man and a woman saying "It is clear that Jesus saw the male-female marriage bond of Genesis 1-2 as the prototype for human sexual relationships. Anything outside those boundaries was off limits. Despite this strong evidence, supporters of homosexuality nevertheless often appeal to Jesus, claiming that 'Jesus never condemned homosexuality' or even 'He never mentioned homosexuality'. [...] Jesus was no coward when it came to speaking up in order to rattle conventional thinking and effect change. If He was silent, it was because He saw no need to challenge the position His listeners already held."

### Bestiality

Driscoll has publicly against bestiality.

### Abortion

Driscoll has publicly stated against abortion.

## References

1. ↑ https://markdriscoll.org/about/
2. ↑ https://relevantmagazine.com/slices/mark-driscoll-starting-new-church-arizona
3. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/us/mark-driscoll-is-being-urged-to-leave-mars-hill-church.html
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdriscoll/about/
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/magazine/11punk-t.html?\_r=1&ref=magazine
6. ↑ https://crosscut.com/2014/07/inside-mars-hills-big-meltdown
7. ↑ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031128&slug=pacific-preacher30
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdriscoll/2015/08/driscoll-family-update-and-ecclesiastes-part-2/
9. ↑ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdriscoll/2015/12/merry-christmas-and-a-free-gift-for-you/
10. ↑ https://www.salon.com/control/2006/09/13/righteous/
11. ↑ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031128&slug=pacific-preacher30
12. ↑ https://www.seattlepi.com/local/connelly/article/New-bishop-brings-wit-to-the-job-1248678.php#src=fb
13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130121150216/http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2012/03/10/mark-driscoll-on-piers-morgan-transcript/
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20121005123543/http://theresurgence.com/2006/07/03/answers-to-common-questions-about-creation "Importantly, it was God who created the covenant of marriage, thus He alone defines what it is. His definition of one man and one woman eliminates any alternatives such as bestiality, homosexuality, and polygamy"
15. ↑ Driscoll, Mark (2018). *Christians Might Be Crazy: Answering the Top 7 Objections to Christianity*. Charisma House. p. 59.
16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121005123543/http://theresurgence.com/2006/07/03/answers-to-common-questions-about-creation "However, as Christians we are not free to accept the yet unproven and highly suspect thesis of macro-evolution that one species can evolve into another species entirely."
17. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B0RmB\_gHKmF/