The ministry and writing of Mark Hearn are insightful and challenging for the church in North America to live missionally by becoming more like our neighborhoods. Dr. Hearn challenges churches not to retreat from transitioning neighborhoods of diversity but to go forward with a kingdom mind-set to share the Good News of Jesus’ love. His ministry at First Baptist Duluth has been an example that has inspired the transformation of our church in Marietta, Georgia, to become a family of many cultures and generations living the gospel in real relationships.

Dr. Michael Lewis, lead pastor Roswell Street Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia