Background
Given, Mark was born on October 14, 1961 in Gassaway, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Bruce and Lola Faye Given.
Given, Mark was born on October 14, 1961 in Gassaway, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Bruce and Lola Faye Given.
Bachelor, Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, West Virginia. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998.
Assistant professor Missouri State University, Springfield, 1998—2003, associate professor religious studies, 2003—2007.
Member of American Guild Organists, American Academy Religion, Society Biblical Literature.
Married Janet Sue Griffin, June 6, 1982.