WHO WE ARE

Mark Upton

Founder and Executive Director

Mark was born in Clinton, MS; went to high school in Dunwoody, GA; and graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in Business.

After graduating, Mark served as a Young Life Church Partner at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, where he met his wife, Holly. They have two adult children: Davis, who lives in Charlotte, and Laurel, who lives in Hoover with her husband, George Keller of Mountain Brook, and their twins.

Mark earned his Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary, was ordained as a teaching elder in the PCA, planted Hope Community Church of Charlotte, and served as Director of Theology for the Charlotte Fellows and the Charlotte Institute for Faith and Work.

After 30 years of pastoral ministry in Charlotte, Mark was called by Covenant Presbyterian Church to move to Birmingham and found The Birmingham Institute for Faith and Work.