New Church Life May/June 2015 | Page 57

• Introducing Our Ministers • The Rev. C. Mark Perry A Ministry Born of Loving People M any people who hear Mark Perry preach in San Diego, California, feel that he was born to be a minister and a teacher, but it took him a while to catch on. Now he is the pastor of the San Diego New Church, since 2002, and visiting pastor to the Palo Alto New Church. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Anna (Hyatt), and their four children: Sean, 13, Ella, 11, and twins Darren and Janine, 9. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and says: “I moved a lot as a kid. We lived in Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Irene.  I attended