Mark Witas, author of Born Chosen and Live Out Loud, serves as the lead pastor for the North Cascade Seventh-day Adventist Church in Burlington, Washington. As a former academy Bible teacher and chaplain, Mark has a great passion to reveal God's character to teenagers through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Mark enjoys cycling, golf, and spending time with his wife, Wendy, and their 15-year-old son, Cole.