Mark R. Teasdale (PhD, Southern Methodist University) is E. Stanley Jones Associate Professor of Evangelism at Gerrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He is ordained in the United Methodist Church and is passionate about helping students reclaim the practice of evangelism on a personal, practical level. He serves as director of the doctor of ministry program at Garrett-Theological and also consults with local congregations regarding evangelism, discipleship, and leadership. Teasdale previously served as senior pastor at Rockland United Methodist Church in Ellicott City, Maryland, and along with numerous articles, he is the author of Methodist Evangelism, American Salvation: The Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.