We are family and every family has its challenges. If God calls a person who has sinned greatly in the past, we, as God’s people already called out and chosen by Him, are obligated to receive that person into the family. What is God’s approach toward sinners who repent, even sinners who have sinned grievously and greatly? How should we receive “such a one” into the family, God’s Church?

Mark Welch

Pastor, United Church of God

Mark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Theology major, from Ambassador College, Pasadena, CA in 1978.  He married Barbara Lemke in October of 1978 and they have two grown children, Jaime and Matthew.  Mark was ordained in 1985 and hired into the full-time ministry in 1989.  Mark is the coordinator for United’s Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services and his wife, Barbara, is an interpreter for the Deaf.