Speaker
Mark Kuiper, Senior Pastor of Kirk of the Hills in St. Louis. 2010 Barnabas Connection speaker.Mark
was born in Wauchope, Australia in 1964 and his family moved to the
United States when he was four years old. Mark received his BS degree
from Colorado Christian College in 1992. He began his professional
career in computer sales and later medical equipment sales. During that
time he was active as a youth volunteer at Village Seven Presbyterian
Church in Colorado Springs where he had grown up, participated in the
youth group, and met his wife Tammy. In 1993, Mark felt a call to the
ministry and came to Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. While
attending Covenant, Mark served as a youth intern and Tammy volunteered
with the youth at the Kirk of the Hills during their three years here.
Upon graduation from Covenant in 1996, Mark became the Youth Pastor at
Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he
served for five years. The PCA then asked him to plant a church in
Pasadena, California, in 2001. After five years of intensive ministry
and a growing church plant, Mark was called to Lawndale Presbyterian
Church in Tupelo, Mississippi, where he served for three years as
Senior Pastor. In June 2009, Mark joined the Kirk staff as Senior
Pastor. He and Tammy have three children.
