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Mark Rutland (born November 5, 1947) is a missionary, evangelist, ordained minister of the International Ministerial Fellowship, and president of Global Servants.〔 He was the third President of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.〔("Office of the President" ) ''Oral Roberts University'' (United States.), July 7, 2009. Jennifer LeClaire. "(ORU's Mark Rutland to Join Preaching Team at Jentezen Franklin's Church )." Charisma News, Dec. 6th, 2012. 〕 Prior to his election as President of Oral Roberts University, Rutland served as the President of Southeastern University of the Assemblies of God in Lakeland, Florida, from 1999 to 2009.〔("University President" ) ''Southeastern University of the Assemblies of God'' (United States.), July 7, 2009.〕 Additionally he has served as Pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Orlando, Florida,〔("Calvary Assembly of God Church Info" ) ''Calvary Assembly of God'' (United States.), July 7, 2009.〕 and as an Associate Pastor at Mount Paran Church of God in Atlanta, Georgia.〔Rutland, 1987 p. 177〕 He is the founder of Global Servants, formerly known as the Trinity Foundation, an organization centered on missions and evangelism around the world, and the House of Grace, a home for tribal girls threatened by sexual slavery in Chiang Rai City, Thailand.〔("Global Servants: World Missions" ) ''Global Servants'' (United States), July 8, 2009.〕 He also has a thirty-minute syndicated radio program entitled "Herald of Joy".〔("Nominee for ORU post is praised" ) ''Tulsa World'' (United States), January 22, 2009.〕 Rutland is married to Alison Rutland (née Permenter) and has three children. ==Early life== Rutland was born in Commerce, Texas but grew up and was raised throughout the southeastern United States, including Florida and Georgia, until finally coming of age in Maryland. He met his future wife, Alison, in his junior year of high school, where she was a member of the cheerleading squad. Upon graduation from high school, Rutland entered the University of Maryland, College Park initially to earn a degree in public relations and to pursue a career in politics (Rutland, 1987 p. 2). Eventually, however, he began to pursue a career in Christian ministry and upon graduation from the University of Maryland, he enrolled in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.〔 Rutland credits this change in direction to several supernatural experiences that took place in his youth. He became a born-again Christian while attending an evangelical youth camp in Blue Lake, Alabama, and it was there that Rutland believes to have received a mandate from God calling him to be a preacher (Rutland, 1987 p. 4). Some years later, his wife Alison, also a born-again Christian, indicated that she too had received a word from God that Rutland was to become a minister and it is his wife's confirmation that he credited as the deciding factor in his decision to abandon his dreams of politics and pursue a life of ministry. Upon completion of study at Emory University, Rutland's first assignment was at the Little River United Methodist Church in Woodstock, Georgia (Rutland 1987, p. 8). Later, he became a pastor at Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. During his tenure at Oak Grove, Rutland claims that his marriage was disintegrating and that he attempted suicide.〔("Renaissance Man" ) ''Charisma Magazine'' (United States.), July 8, 2009.〕 (Rutland, 1987 p. 16). It was at a "Conference on Power for Ministry Today" held at a Ramada Inn in Atlanta, Georgia in December 1975, that Rutland was baptized in the holy spirit as evidenced by speaking in other tongues (Rutland, 1987 p. 23). Rutland credits this experience as the real turning point in his life (Rutland, 1987 p. 23). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Rutland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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