Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor

June 29, 2010  |   Posted in Inspirations Vol 1   |   Tags: inspirations vol. 1, mark batterson, national community church

Inspirations Vol. 1, Chapter 1: “Chase The Lion”

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. NCC was recognized as one of the Most Innovative and Most Influential Churches in America by Outreach Magazine in 2008.

As one church with nine services in five locations, NCC is focused on reaching emerging generations. Approximately 70% of NCCers are single twenty-somethings. The vision of NCC is to meet in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the DC area.

NCC also owns and operates the largest coffeehouse on Capitol Hill. In 2008, “Ebenezer’s” was recognized as the #1 coffeehouse in the metro DC area by AOL CityGuide. Mark has two Masters Degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of a best-selling book In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. His latest release is Wild Goose Chase. He is a daily blogger at www.markbatterson.com. Mark is married to Lora and they live on Capitol Hill with their children Parker, Summer, and Josiah.