Mark Batterson
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Mark Batterson is an American pastor and author. Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. NCC was recognized as one of the Most Innovative and Most Influential Churches in America by Outreach Magazine in 2008. [1] Batterson is also the author of the books In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase and blogs daily at www.evotional.com.[2]
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[edit] National Community Church
Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. One church with nine services in five locations, NCC is focused on reaching emerging generations. Approximately 70% of NCCers are single twenty-somethings.
The vision of NCC is to meet in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the DC area. NCC also owns and operates the largest coffeehouse on Capitol Hill, Ebenezers. [3] In 2008, Ebenezers was recognized as the #1 coffeehouse in the metro DC area by AOL CityGuide.[4]
Since 2005, Batterson's sermons have been available via podcast. [5] Batterson also blogs daily at www.evotional.com.[6]
[edit] Books
Batterson is the author of multiple books, including the best-seller[citation needed] In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day.[7] His latest release is Wild Goose Chase.
[edit] Personal
Batterson earned a Bachelor's degree from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri and has two Masters Degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, Illinois. He is married to Lora and they live on Capitol Hill with their three children. Batterson is known for his love of the game cornhole [8] and is an avid NFL and Brett Favre fan. [9]
