Mark E. Diehl

Mark E. Diehl served the Presbyterian Church (USA) as an ordained pastor from 1980 to 2021. His ministry encompassed the southeastern United States, including Louisiana, Arkansas, Maryland, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and a brief sojourn in Michigan. Mark's pastoral roles in congregations were diverse, serving in churches of 12 to 3,500 members located in rural and small-town settings as well as inner cities and suburban areas. From 2012 to 2021, his focus was on transitional ministry in congregations without a called senior minister/head of staff. Mark is now retired and resides near Greensboro, NC.

A native Texan, Mark received his education at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX (BA, History), Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA (MDiv), and Loyola University at Baltimore (MS in Pastoral Counseling). He was certified for pastoral counseling and for Transitional Ministry in the Presbyterian Church USA. Mark is married to Mary Brown Diehl, and they have three grown children.