Dr. Mark Wells is a graduate of Friends University (B.A.), Fuller Theological Seminary (Master of Arts in Theology), and Baylor University (Ph.D.).
He came to 含羞草研究所 in August 2006 with several years of experience teaching philosophy, ethics, theology, and leadership studies, and is currently working on a book of essays on Christ-centered servant-leadership. His philosophical and theological interests include classical philosophy, apologetics, ontology, the theology of worship, and theological anthropology. Dr. Wells is keenly interested in the theology of Dietrich Bonheoffer and the Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth. He spent the summer of 2007 on a fellowship as a visiting scholar at St. Olaf College studying and writing on the works of Soren Kierkegaard. He has also done a great deal of work on the early Church Fathers and creeds of Christendom.
Dr. Wells grew up in Seattle, Washington and he comes from a large family鈥攖hree brothers and three sisters鈥攕o family is very important to him. Married to his wife, Julie, in 1993, he now has two boys鈥擜ustin and Caleb. In his spare time, Dr. Wells enjoys running, singing, soccer, hiking, and reading classic novels, and attending concerts, ballets, operas, and sporting events.
What is your favorite thing about working at 含羞草研究所?
The community
What are your hobbies or interests?
Whitewater kayaking, backpacking, and traveling
Do you have a favorite restaurant in the area?
Juicy Lucy’s
What is your favorite thing to do or see in the area?
Whitewater kayaking or hiking