Mark Lutz prepared for the ministry at Cincinnati Christian University and studied counseling at Xavier University. Mark learned how to integrate faith into clinical helping when he first worked at a Christian counseling center with both in-patient and out-patient programs. For more than twenty years now Mark has worked in a church setting, refining the use of therapeutic knowledge and practices as applied to spiritual development. As the Pastor of Growth & Healing at Vineyard Cincinnati church, Mark oversees the recruitment, equipping and supervision of a volunteer staff that provides around 60-70 support/recovery groups yearly and countless hours of pastoral care to individuals.