Mark McCloskey

Dr. Mark McCloskey is Director of the Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership program and Professor of Ministry Leadership at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN, where he has also taught in the MBA program. He has been at Bethel since 1998, when he began serving as Dean of the Center for Transformational Leadership, a post he held for eight years.

After earning his BA at Miami University (Ohio) and his MDiv at Bethel Seminary, Mark earned his PhD at the University of South Florida’s College of Education, where he focused on organizational leadership, adult education, and research and measurement.

He has served on the board of the Christian Legal Society and Christian Conciliation Service of Minnesota and the Governing Board and Board of Directors of the Urban Leadership Academy. Dr. McCloskey is currently a national board member for Love INC, and he consults with businesses, churches, and nonprofit organizations and leads workshops in the areas of leadership development, strategic planning, and team building. He also spent 24 years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ in numerous roles.

Dr. McCloskey is the author of Tell It Often, Tell It Well, a textbook on evangelism. He and his wife Dawnelle live in Arden Hills, MN, and have two grown children.