Pastor Makes Transparent Confessions in Latest Book

July 30, 2009 - PRLog -- Pastor Makes Transparent Confessions in Latest Book
          "Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor: What Pastors Wish They Could Tell You"
                                                         Dr. Mark Elliott

The statistics are alarming and pastoral ministry is in a crisis! What are we to do? Mark Elliott bares his soul in his latest book as he takes a brutally honest look at the real person pastors are on the inside that few people ever really know. When is the last time you heard a pastor confess his debilitating flaws BEFORE it actually made national news?

Dr. Mark Elliott has written a whole book about such entitled, “Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor: What Pastors Wish They Could Tell You.” Each page speaks to the honest confessions inside and draws out the hidden person in us all. The transparency is refreshing, the honesty is startling, and the positive hope is life-changing. This book and Elliott’s ministry is destined to set YOU free whether a pastor or a church attender!

Prolific author, Dr. Leonard Sweet says it is “risky business writing a book like this one…I loved it.”  Dr. Wayde Goodall said, “Strong emotions were stirred in me as I read this great book!” You don’t want to miss this opportunity to be challenged and encouraged by author, Mark Elliott. Dr. Ed Stetzer, President of Lifeway Research says, “Mark beckons us to see life and ministry as it really is…a blessing and a challenge.”

Pastor Elliott is a man with a multiplicity of ministry experience and has pastored in Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Maryland, and Wisconsin. He has served in churches as small as three, as large as five thousand, and has ministered abroad in 12 countries. He is a sought after speaker and a pastor to pastors. Elliott has two Masters Degrees and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana.

You can purchase your signed copies of “Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor” for yourself, your small group, and especially for YOUR pastor at Elliott’s website store located at www.docmarkelliott.com or order from www.amazon.com or at your local bookstore.. Bestselling author, Steve Sjogren says of Mark Elliott, “No one is speaking to our churches on behalf of pastors…UNTIL now in this book!”

Mark grew up in the rolling hills and caves of rural, small town, southern Indiana. His high school years were spent in the greater Toledo, Ohio area. Pastor Elliott has a great sense of humor, loves to laugh, and make others laugh. He is a very down-to-earth, “what you see is what you get” people person.

Mark enjoys his wife, Claudette of twenty-eight years and his four children (22, 20, 15, and 12). As a former college athlete, he is a self-confessed sports maniac. He enjoys old muscle cars, time at the cabin, playing basketball, golf, and sports card collecting. Mark also enjoys writing, missions’ travel, and speaking to gatherings of pastors and their spouses. Contact him at www.docmarkelliott.com to speak to your next gathering of pastors or to purchase books.