A New Past
by Mark Abbott
Hometown:
Seattle, WA
Place of Birth:
Kolar, India
Church Affiliation:
Free Methodist Church
Number of Years Writing:
Unsure
List of Other Publications and Year Published:

Living Grace (Light & Life, July/August 2001)
Spirituality In a Mixed Up Age (Light and Life, 1997)

Education:
Indiana Wesleyan University, A.B., 1965
Institute of West Virginia - A.B. - 1965
Asbury Theological Seminary - M.Div. - 1968
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY - M.A. - 1975
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary - D.Min. - 198
Employment:
Pastor of First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA since 1982
Adjunct Associate Professor of Preaching at Fuller Seminary in the North West
Family:
Wife of 38 years, Mary Ann
Children — Joy, 34; Joel, 29
Three grandchildren, Nathan, Noah and Nichola Madolel