Mark Clark is the senior pastor of Bayside Church Granite Bay, located in the Sacramento, California area, one of the largest congregations in the nation and host of the Thrive Conference. Previously Mark founded Village Church in Vancouver, Canada which grew into a multi-site church with locations across Canada and online around the world. Mark is a Bible teacher known for speaking to skeptics and engaging culture and the author of The Problem of Jesus and The Problem of God, which won the Word Award in 2018. Outreach Magazine voted Mark one of the Top 25 Leaders to Watch. Mark, his wife Erin, and their three daughters live in Granite Bay, CA.