Bio
Dr. Mark D. Berry
Dr. Mark D. Berry was born on the eastern shore of Virginia. His pastoral ministry spans 25 years as senior pastor of four churches in Pennsylvania and Alabama. He attended United Wesleyan College in Allentown, PA., receiving a B.S. degree in Pastoral Ministry and Christian Education in 1982. He began graduate studies in Professional Counseling at Liberty University, and then completed a master's degree in Pastoral Counseling at Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, IL. Dr. Berry graduated from NOVA Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 2008 with a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership and a minor in Conflict Management.
Dr. Berry teaches for Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) of Nampa, ID in their online module program and is an online adjunct professor for Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs, CO. When Dr. Berry was assigned as the Nazarene Disaster Response (NDR) training coordinator he wrote training materials for Emergency Disaster Response and brought together a team of individuals to write two additional manuals for NDR training. Hence, his dissertation thesis was, "A Development Plan for Domestic Disaster Response Training in the Church of the Nazarene." Before election, he was in the developmental stage of creating online Nazarene Disaster Response Training in cooperation with NNU, which is the first of its kind in any religious organization.
On the district level, Dr. Berry has served as Ministerial Studies chairman and secretary, Finance Committee member, Advisory Board secretary, Properties Board; Ministerial Credentials Board, NYI secretary, Zone coordinator, and a member of the Sunday School Ministries Board. Additionally, Dr. Berry has had articles published in the "Holiness Today", "The Preacher's Magazine" and "Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Magazine". He was a participant of the General NMI Assessment in Kansas City, MO, a seminar speaker for PALCON, a seminar speaker for the NMI General Convention in 2005, Chairman of the Committee for Student Life at Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU), TNU Trustee, TNU Executive Board, coordinator for Nazarenes in military service at Fort Rucker Military Base in Alabama, and chaplain for Workplace Ministries.
In previous years, Dr. Berry's wife, Debi, has worked with him in the local church office as an administrative assistant to the staff and office manager. Presently, she serves the same position in the district office. She is a graduate of United Wesleyan College and holds a B.S. degree in Christian Education and Secretarial Science. She enjoys freelance writing and has had articles published in Christian publications.
The Berrys have two children who both are graduates of Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. Andrew recently completed a master's degree in Business Management at TNU and is attending NOVA Southeastern University in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Information Systems. Jennifer graduated with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education and Child Development and Learning and is currently enrolled in the Master's of Library Science and Information program at TNU.
Dr. Berry enjoys golf, softball and hunting. He is proficient on the drums, enjoys trying to play the bass, attempts the guitar, and plays harmonica for his own enjoyment.
Dr. Berry took office on June 3, 2007 as district superintendent of the Alabama South District Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Berry and his wife reside in Prattville, Alabama.
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