John Mark Comer was the founding pastor at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon where he spent many years working out discipleship to Jesus in the post-Christian West, and organized community around a simple idea: practicing the Way of Jesus together.

In 2021, after leading a five-year initiative around spiritual formation called “Practicing the Way,” John Mark stepped away from that role to create simple, beautiful formation resources for church communities around the world.

Today, he’s developing new practices, courses, and podcasts for Practicing the Way and serving as a teacher in residence at Vintage Church LA with his wife T and their three kids.

John Mark is also the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including Practicing the Way, the bestselling The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, and Live No Lies, God Has a Name, and Garden City.

John Mark holds a master’s degree in Biblical and Theological Studies from Western Seminary, but these days you’ll find him out walking the oak groves of the Santa Monica mountains working on his next project.