MArk's Bios
25 Word Bio
Mark Brouwer is a teacher, writer, speaker, and pastor.
His work focuses on addiction, recovery, and marriage restoration, as well as providing coaching and guidance to leaders.
250 Word Bio
Mark Brouwer is a spiritual teacher, writer, and speaker. He currently serves as the pastor of Bethel Church in Princeton, MN.
He is the director of Renew Resources, which provides teaching, retreats, and support for leaders who struggle with anxiety, depression, or addiction.
Mark is also the creator and director of “Renewed Man Community” a 90-day Boot Camp for people who struggle with sexual compulsion or addiction.
Mark has served as the lead pastor of churches in Austin, Texas, Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, and now Princeton, MN. In two of these, Mark was the founding pastor, the others were existing churches.
For five years, Mark worked with Dr. Mark Laaser as the director of training for Faithful and True Ministries, which focuses on addiction, recovery, and marriage restoration. Over time, the work Mark did with Dr. Laaser shifted to focus more on providing coaching and guidance to spiritual leaders, and eventually back into pastoral ministry.
Mark is author of “Rise Above: Overcoming Discouragement in Challenging Times,” “Leaving Your Mark without Losing Your Mind,” “The Solid Foundation Journal“, and several articles in “The Ministry Essentials Bible.”
Mark has written articles for publication in magazines, including “Where Can Pastors Find Real Friends?” (in Christianity Today), “Understanding and Overcoming Today’s Epidemic of Artificial Sex“, and “The Emerging Church” (in The Banner).
Mark and his wife Charlene currently reside in Princeton, and have two grown sons.
50 Word Bio
Mark Brouwer is a spiritual teacher, writer, speaker, and pastor.
He is also the director of Renew Resources, providing support for leaders with anxiety, depression, or addiction.
His work has focused on addiction, recovery, and marriage restoration, as well as providing coaching and guidance to spiritual leaders, and pastoral ministry.
125 Word Bio
Mark Brouwer is a spiritual teacher, writer, and speaker. He serves as the pastor of Bethel Church in Princeton, MN.
He is also the director of Renew Resources, which provides teaching, retreats, and support for leaders who struggle with anxiety, depression, or addiction.
Mark has served as the lead pastor of churches in Austin, Texas, Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, and now Princeton, MN. In two of these, Mark was the founding pastor.
For five years, Mark worked with Dr. Mark Laaser as the director of training for Faithful and True Ministries, which focuses on addiction, recovery, and marriage restoration. Over time, the work Mark did with Dr. Laaser shifted to focus more on providing coaching and guidance to spiritual leaders, and eventually back into pastoral ministry.
Mark's Most Popular SPeaking Topics Include
Sustainable Leadership
Leadership can be a rewarding and lonely place. As a leader, you’re held to high standards by those you lead, those you follow, and yourself. In this presentation, Mark will address the need to:
- Successfully help others without harming yourself.
- Find ways to manage our own stress and negative internal states.
- Create habits and rhythms that create long term, sustainable high performance.
This presentation is aimed at supporting and sustaining those that support and sustain others.
Fighting & winning – men’s secret wars
This is a seminar or retreat designed to help men face the key areas of life…
- The battle with isolation (choosing community)
- The battle with disillusionment (choosing faith)
- The battle with lust (choosing love)
- The battle with stress (choosing serenity)
This framework allows communities to address ever-present sexual struggles of our society without shame or having sex being the main theme.
Doubt, Faith, and Recovery
This presentation is about the important challenge of spiritual doubt, confusion, and disillusionment that is often experienced — but seldom addressed — with mental health. From a place of discovery, Mark covers:
- How addiction is especially confounding for people of faith.
- The pivotal role of spirituality – even for those who aren’t “religious”.
- The necessity of spiritual revolution, and why it’s challenging for people of faith.
The goal is to ensure that people entering recovery or treatment have properly reviewed their spiritual life and have the full support necessary for successful recovery.
Facing the Truth about Sexual Struggles
In this presentation, Mark cuts to the chase and gets to the heart of sexual struggles today. Both from his background as an expert in sex addiction and as a pastor to the “general population,” he will cover:
- An overview of sexual challenges facing people today – especially how technology has facilitated the emergence of “artificial sex.”
- An analysis of how — and why — churches struggle to provide useful help in this area.
- What can we do about it!
This message can be targeted to specific groups (men, young people, women, etc).
See Mark In Action!
Enlivening the Dry and Weary Heart of the Church Leader
Have a look at these short video clips to see examples of Mark speaking at a conference for Church Leaders at Unity Cristian Reform Church in Prinsburg for Classis Lake Superior Home Missions Team.
Here's a link to the Full VideoWhat Churches Need from Spiritual Leaders
Have a look at these short video clips to see examples of Mark speaking on Spiritual Leadership.
For context, this particular message was given at a sensitive time, where a minister was given a leave of absence for inappropriate behavior.
Here's a link to the Full VideoHow the Church is Failing People Who Deal with Sexual Struggles
Have a look at at how Mark handles the delicate conversation of sexuality and sexual struggles, and what to do about it.
For context, this particular message was given as a part of a series at a church about Christianity and mental health issues.
Here's a link to the Full VideoWisdoM and the World
Listen to Mark discuss seeking Godly wisdom and revelation while living in world, and how his personal experience has been shaped by wisdom from the Word and the world.
Here's a link to the Full VideoTestimonials
“Mark spoke at our church on the topic of sexual purity and sexual health. He spoke at both our adult forum and our morning services. Both were handled very well. He was outstanding in his excellent preparation, sensitivity to his audience and personal authenticity. I would highly recommend him for any event.”
“Mark brings credibility and knowledge about his subject. He talks about his experiences – in leadership and life – with a straightforward courage that is admirable. He put us at ease while talking about very difficult subjects, diffusing our discomfort with humor and honesty.”
“Mark’s teaching was a 10!! This was VERY helpful with some of the areas I struggle with, and I would heartily recommend it to other people.”
“Thanks for sharing your story, encouraging me, and reminding me how much God will always love me! Thank you so much for being real…and truly caring! My life is changed because of your Workshop!”
“Thank you for your openness, wisdom, and honesty. I think you could tell from the attentiveness of the students and the many questions they asked that what you said really hit home for them. I hope to have you back for future classes at the seminary.”
“Thank you so much for coming out to talk to our group. I had some great feed back from the men I talked to about what you had to say. I also had an amazing conversation with one of our guys because of what you shared. You blessed us.”
“Mark’s teaching was a 10!! This was VERY helpful with some of the areas I struggle with, and I would heartily recommend it to other people.”
“It is without a doubt that I am doing as well as I am because you went the extra mile to accommodate me and help me get into your session. The personal insights you gave in your teaching and the understanding of our destructive addictive behavior has been VERY helpful.”
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