Mark Finley
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| Born | July 23, 1945 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.  | 
| Spouse | Ernestine Finley | 
| Children | 3 | 
| Occupation | Pastor Evangelist Author Vice President for Evangelism of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church  | 
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Mark A. Finley (born July 23, 1945) is an American former host and director of It Is Written (from 1991–2004), for which he traveled around the world as a televangelist.[1] He was the first Seventh-day Adventist pastor to do a satellite evangelistic series. He also served as one vice-president out of nine for the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Life and career
Finley's mother was Catholic, and his father was Protestant, with Finley being raised Catholic.[2] Finley was baptized in March 1963.[3] He studied theology at Atlantic Union College (AUC) in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.[4]
He was a television speaker for the series Experience Hope, a weekly broadcast of the Hope Channel.
Finley has preached 17 NET series. He also writes a series of Bible studies published monthly in Adventist World.
He is now hosting his own Bible study broadcast called "HopeLives365[5]", which is also available on YouTube.
Pastor Finley and his wife "started and nurtured" the Living Hope Seventh-day Adventist Community Church, located in Haymarket, Virginia.[6]
Books
- 2000 and Beyond
 - End Time Living
 - The Next Superpower
 - Satisfied
 - Solid Ground
 - Studying Together
 - Thirteen Life-Changing Secrets
 - Revelation's Predictions for a New Millennium
 
Books co-authored with Steven R. Mosley:
- A Religion that Works
 - Confidence Amid Chaos
 - Faith Against the Odds
 - Jerusalem Showdown
 - Hope for a New Century
 - Looking for God in all the Wrong Places
 - Questioning the Supernatural
 - Revelation's Three Most Wanted
 - Unshakable Faith
 - When Faith Crumbles
 - Why So Many Denominations?
 
Books co-authored with George Vandeman, the founder of It Is Written:
- The Overcomers
 
See also
References
- ^ "The History of It Is Written". itiswritten.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
 - ^ "Beyond Retirement - Adventist Review - Adventist Review". 29 June 2024.
 - ^ "Beyond Retirement - Adventist Review - Adventist Review". 29 June 2024.
 - ^ "Beyond Retirement - Adventist Review - Adventist Review". 29 June 2024.
 - ^ "Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
 - ^ https://www.livinghopesda.org/
 
External links
- Video of Finley on YouTube, in a message to the General Youth Conference in 2004
 - "Finding God Through Net '96", gratitude expressed by Jeff Teater
 - Articles about Finley and by Finley, as cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)
 - http://www.adventist.org web site of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
 
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