Pulpit Minister

Mark served as Pulpit Minister for the Church in the Falls, from August, 1993 until mid-August 2011. Prior to that, Jill and Mark spent sixteen years in church planting and evangelistic work among the Flemish-speaking people of Belgium. After graduating from Western Christian College in Saskatchewan, Canada with an A. A. degree in Bible (’71) and from Oklahoma Christian with a B. Music Ed. and a B. A. in Bible (’75), Mark served as a youth minister for the Weyburn church of Christ (Canada) for two years. In 2010, Mark completed a Masters degree in Religious Education in Missional Leadership at Rochester College.

With an obvious passion for missions, music and evangelism, Mark is excited to continue to work with church in the Falls, in the capacity of Youth and Family ministry, leading worship weekly. Surrounded by involved parents, Mark & Jill schedule and facilitate Teen Talk, service projects, Bible studies and activities for teens and their families. With the help of  three worship teams and the worship committee he plans and leads the Sunday morning worship assembly. As Family Minister, he works with the Family Ministry committee to help plan activities aimed at building relationships within the Body. He visits patients in hospitals and inmates in prisons.

The real challenge is balancing his time between serving the King and being a husband to his wife, Jill (Drummond) [since July 1975], father to his five children, and “Opa” to his grandchildren.

Jill works full-time as a preacher’s wife. She also works full-time as an OGT teacher at Stow High School, helping seniors graduate. And where are those Brazle kids?

After graduating from Harding (BA) and ACU (MA), their oldest son, Luk, moved with his wife Holly, back to Belgium (’03) to work as a church planter in Ghent. Luk and Holly have two sons, Gideon and Isaak.

Rebekka works as a therapist in Monroe, LA. She graduated from Harding (BA in Missions) and went on to complete her Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy at Harding. On Jan. 1, 2005, she married Dr. Adam Mathews, whom she met in the same Masters program. They presently work for the Center for Children and Families in Monroe, LA where they are a part of a church plant. Their son, Josiah David Mathews, was born on October 3, 2007 and went on to live with the Lord after just a few moments. Their second child, Lily Faye was born Dec 30, 2008. Mireya Joy was born July 14, 2011.

David finished his Math Education degree at Rochester College in May, 2005 and married Lara Shaw at the end of that same month. He now teaches at Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Lara has a degree in social work. She presently works as a mom, at home with their adopted son, Graydon Louis, born April 2, 2011.  David and Lara are camp directors for Camp Judson each summer.

After working as events coordinator at Rochester College, Karina has moved closer to the center of Detroit, working in floral design at ...

Kristina married Caleb Meeks on May 16, 2009 just after she graduated from the Nursing program at Harding. On September 15, 2010, Kristina and Caleb moved to Tanzania with a mission team and Aletheia Fayth, born April 25, 2010.

Mark has written numerous study guides and educational materials in Dutch and English. He enjoys writing songs which serve as aids for memorization of Scripture. Mark has a passion for growing the Kingdom. He loves to teach God’s Message whether one on one, or in a group. It is with delight that Mark serves the Master with the Falls Family. “With a constant sense of wonder that God would invite humans to join Him in His work, we face everyday with anticipation of seeing what God will do around and through us! But what an overwhelming task! Taking the saving Good News to the whole world, living with hearts aglow with a passion for God’s mission must remain a priority! May God bless us as we watch and work and grow together!”