Author

Mark R. Gornik

Director, City Seminary of New York

Mark R. Gornik (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is the director of City Seminary of New York. He and his wife, Dr. Rita Aszalos, live in New York with their sons, Peter and Daniel. He is the author of "To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City" and "Word Made Global: Stories of African Christianity in New York" and is completing a book about his friendship and ministry with Allan Tibbels.

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