Mark A. Jeske - Thrivent Financial for Lutherans:
The Rev. Mark A. Jeske, Milwaukee, Wis., was appointed to the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Board of Directors in May 2011. He serves on several board committees.
A Milwaukee native, Jeske has served as senior pastor of St. Marcus Lutheran Church, an innercity congregation, since 1980. Today, St. Marcus is a thriving, multicultural congregation of more than 1,000 members. The congregation operates numerous outreach ministries, and its elementary school serving more than 400 students is nationally recognized for its Christ-centered focus and academic excellence.
Jeske has hosted the Time of Grace television program since November 2001. From just one station in Milwaukee, the program today is aired on more than 50 stations, numerous cable networks, five satellite channels, Armed Forces television and via the Internet.
Prior to becoming senior pastor of St. Marcus, Jeske spent a year in Colombia (South America) starting a mission church as part of his internship assignment while attending Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wis. He also spent two years teaching at Northwestern Preparatory School in Watertown, Wis., prior to beginning his ministry at St. Marcus.
Jeske has written a Bible commentary, more than two dozen daily devotional booklets and Time of Grace (Concordia Publishing House), a collection of 365 devotional messages. He is also an accomplished instrumentalist and passionate about understanding history and culture.
He and his wife, Carol, have four children and reside in Milwaukee.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/us/26lutheran.html
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