God’s word, the Bible, is a book of restoration. God is in the process of restoring what has been broken in defiance, in rebellion, and in disobedience to Him and His laws. The Bible speaks of many types of restoration: The Temple, true worship, the crippled, the lame, the demon-possessed, the afflicted, the blind, the deaf, the dead, the House of Israel, the House of Judah, Naaman, the Shunnamite’s son, Lazarus, the ruler’s daughter, the centurion’s servant, etc., etc., etc. But most of all, God is restoring His children to salvation and to a life with Him and His Son in God’s Kingdom forever. We may have faith in God who will truly restore us and save us from our sins!

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.