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Mark Gray travels worldwide with his wife Mary singing and presenting the Gospel through song. They not only sing but also have many opportunities to speak and teach. During the summer months, they serve on staff at Silver State Baptist Youth Camp. Mark was born and raised the first part of his life in El Paso, Texas. He came to know the Lord as his personal Saviour at 8 ½ years of age. Surrounded by music from birth, he grew up listening to his mother singing in church. After his family moved to Washington, Mark began to sing in choir at just 12 years old. His family later moved to Europe where they were involved in forming an Independent Baptist church for American military personnel. It was at the age of 15 when he was asked to sing a lead part in a Christmas cantata and from that point on Mark was involved in his local church music ministry as a soloist. After graduating from high school he went into the insurance business and God blessed. At the age of 22 Mark met the young lady, Mary, who would soon become his wife. She came to know Christ as a teenager in Idaho. Not long after meeting Mary, Mark was asked to sing for a large meeting of pastors in Marysville, Calif. After that particular meeting many pastors began to contact Mark about coming to sing for their churches. Mark and Mary were married in March of 1980 and by that time Mark was singing in churches all over Northern Calif. His success at a young age in the insurance industry allowed him to travel whenever invited to sing. In June 1980, just four months after they were married, Mark and Mary surrendered to full-time service in the gospel music ministry. Mark and Mary have traveled now for over 32 years and have sung all over the United States as well as many foreign countries. God continues to bless as they have dedicated their lives to uplifting the name of the Lord Jesus Christ through the medium of music.