The Pastor

Rev. Mark Rowden

Mark Rowden has been the pastor of The Rock Presbyterian Church since1993. He and his wife, Janet, have two children: Jane and Peter. Mark and Janet are both originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Beside his pastoral duties, Mark is the Recording Clerk for the Presbytery of North Georgia and a member of the General Assembly's Committee on Constitutional Business. He is also a youth soccer coach, a scuba diver and an avid computer nerd. Janet is a violinist with the Dekalb Symphony and a homeschooler.

Mark is a graduate of Covenant College ('82) and Covenant Theological Seminary ('87). As an intern he helped plant churches in the St. Louis area. Subsequently he has served as Assistant Pastor at McIlwain Memorial Presbyterian Church in Pensacola, Florida; Interim Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Milton, Florida; Chaplain at The Waterfront Rescue Mission in Pensacola, Florida until moving to Georgia to become pastor at The Rock.

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