Evangelism in a Post-Christian Culture

In this episode, Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood, director of LCMS Witness
& Outreach Ministry and the LCMS Revitalization Initiative,
joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church
Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in
the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore sharing God’s Word in
a post-Christian culture. Reaching the lost is a challenge in any
setting in our rapidly changing world with competing worldviews.
About Rev. Dr. Mark Wood: The Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood serves as the
director of LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry and the LCMS
Revitalization Initiative. He is the creator of the Every One His
Witness evangelism program and the re:Vitality revitalization
program. Prior to joining the LCMS Office of National Mission in
June 2014, he served as the founding pastor of Lamb of God Lutheran
Church in Lithia, Fla., a daughter congregation of Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Brandon, Fla., where he served as the evangelism
pastor from 2000 to 2008. A second-career pastor, he served for six
years on active duty service in the U.S. Air Force and then worked
14 years in the aerospace-defense industry, primarily in project
management systems. A 2000 graduate of Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN, he also holds an associate’s degree in
computer programming, a bachelor’s degree in business
administration, and Doctor of Ministry degree with an emphasis in
Church Planting and Renewal from Reformed Theological Seminary in
Orlando, FL. He is married to Mary Ellen, who works as a recruiter
for a hospice and home health care personnel services agency. They
have five adult children, six grandchildren, and three
great-granddaughters.