Mark Mittelberg is a best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and a leading strategist in evangelism and apologetics-oriented outreach. He is the primary author (along with Lee Strobel and Bill Hybels) of the recently updated Becoming a Contagious Christian Training Course, through which more than a million people around the world have learned to effectively and naturally communicate their faith to others.
Mark’s newest book (written with Lee Strobel and releasing in May of ‘09), The Unexpected Adventure, is a six-week devotional designed to inspire individual Christians as well as entire congregations to enter the excitement of sharing Christ. His previous book, Choosing Your Faith ... In a World of Spiritual Options, strengthens the faith of believers, and is a great resource to give to friends who are sorting out what to believe. Mark also wrote the articles for the outreach-oriented Choosing Your Faith New Testament. His other books include the updated Becoming a Contagious Church, which sets forth an innovative blueprint for how churches can become better mobilized for evangelism, and the classic Becoming a Contagious Christian book, which he co-authored with Hybels. In addition, Mark was contributing editor for The Journey: A Bible for the Spiritually Curious, and a contributor (along with Josh McDowell, Norman Geisler, J.P. Moreland, and others) to the recently released book, Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith.
Mark was the evangelism director at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago for seven years and for the Willow Creek Association for a decade. He is a frequent contributor for Outreach magazine; a regular speaker for Church Communication Network (CCN.tv) satellite broadcasts to churches across North America, and he was an editorial consultant and periodic guest for Strobel’s Faith Under Fire television show. He and Strobel have been ministry partners for over twenty years.
After receiving an undergraduate degree in business, Mark earned a Master’s Degree in Philosophy of Religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Heidi, and their two teenage children.