Mark Kelly has worked as a newspaper and magazine journalist since 1978. The son of a Baptist pastor in Oklahoma, he decided to follow Jesus at age 6 and was licensed to the gospel ministry at 17. He met his wife, Cheryl, while serving as a campus minister in Chicago, and they have two children, Megan and Graham. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has studied at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His publishing enterprise, Kainos Press, began its ministry with “Advance!” – a free e-mail newsletter that helps believers pray for the unreached, persecuted, and oppressed and which now enjoys worldwide circulation. The mission of Kainos Press (http://kainospress.com) is to help Christians understand God’s kingdom in a new and fresh way. He can be contacted by e-mailing mark@kainospress.com.