Mark graduated from Tyndale Seminary with a Master of Divinity in 1991.
Later, he and his wife Karen spent nine years working with non-profit organizations to grow leadership in church communities across the world, including Colombia, where they experienced firsthand several aspects of its drug- and guerrilla-fueled history. Through this, he came to admire the Colombian resilience and the positive attitudes of the people despite their many years of civil strife.
In November 2000, Mark joined the Bridgeway Foundation, a private grant-making organization that collaborates with innovators to grow healthy and productive non-profit organizations, and to help them engage in creative transformational projects across Canada and around the world. As Executive Director, he worked with more than 70 Christian and secular organizations, including Yonge Street Mission, Listen Up TV, World Vision, Community Justice Initiatives and Tyndale.
He also supported Tyndale through his leadership as President of the Tyndale Alumni Association in 2007 and 2008.