Mark Finley
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Born | 1945 |
Spouse | Ernestine Finley |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Pastor Evangelist Author Vice President for Evangelism of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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Mark A. Finley (born July 23, 1945) is the former host and director of It Is Written (from 1991–2004), for which he traveled around the world as a televangelist.[1] He was the first Seventh-day Adventist pastor to do a satellite evangelistic series. He also served as one vice-president out of nine for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and has written over 74 published books.
During his lifetime, Finley presented more than 150 evangelistic meeting series in over 70 countries, making him a key figure in Evangelism. He was also a television speaker for the series Experience Hope, a weekly broadcast of the Hope Channel, and was televised a further time in 2008, as a speaker for the annual North American NET series.
Finley has preached 17 NET series, broadcast throughout the world and written more than 70 books. He presented seminar presentations, teaching manuals and writing magazine articles. He also writes a series of Bible studies published monthly in Adventist World.
Finley and his wife, Ernestine “Teenie,” have three children.
Finley's parents, James and Gloria Finley, started and managed two businesses through the years: Finley Screw Machine Products and James Wright Industries. Finley has three younger .
Books
- 2000 and Beyond
- End Time Living
- The Next Superpower
- Satisfied
- Solid Ground
- Studying Together
- Thirteen Life-Changing Secrets
- Revelation's Predictions for a New Millennium
Books co-authored with Steven R. Mosley:
- A Religion that Works
- Confidence Amid Chaos
- Faith Against the Odds
- Jerusalem Showdown
- Hope for a New Century
- Looking for God in all the Wrong Places
- Questioning the Supernatural
- Revelation's Three Most Wanted
- Unshakable Faith
- When Faith Crumbles
- Why So Many Denominations?
Books co-authored with George Vandeman, the founder of It Is Written:
- The Overcomers
See also
References
- ^ "The History of It Is Written". itiswritten.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
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- Video of Finley on YouTube, in a message to the General Youth Conference in 2004
- "Finding God Through Net '96", gratitude expressed by Jeff Teater
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