The Rev. Dr. Mark Doty is pastor of Hammond Street Congregational Church UCC in Bangor, Maine.
The Rev. Dr. Mark Doty is pastor of Hammond Street Congregational Church UCC in Bangor, Maine.
Mark Allen Doty is a native of Salem, Massachusetts, and is a fifth generation pastor. Educated in the public schools of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Indianapolis, Indiana, he received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English from Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, in 1969. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Boston University School of Theology, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1972 and the Ph.D. degree in English from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, in 1978.
A pastor with full standing in the United Church of Christ, Dr. Doty has been on seven church staffs during his professional career. He is currently the pastor of Hammond Street Congregational Church, UCC, in Bangor, Maine. In addition to his ministerial responsibilities, Dr. Doty has had a wide experience in teaching on the secondary, college and graduate levels.
Dr. Doty is the author of Tell Me Who I Am: James Agee's Search for Selfhood, published the Louisiana State University Press in 1978. He is the father of a son and daughter and has two grandsons.
Dr. Doty has been involved in a number of pursuits ranging from prison ministry to the Walk to Emmaus to singing in a male chorus. Other interests include travel, gardening, antiques, theatre, genealogy, and cooking.
In this Day1 Podcast Extra, the Rev. Mark Doty, pastor of Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor, Maine, shares his personal insights and experiences of preaching at the 2006 Festival of Homiletics.
More...Many years ago when I was pastoring in South Texas, I became friendly with an Hispanic family who lived up the street. The couple who lived there had two sons, Joaquin and Pablo, born a year apart. At the time of this particular incident, Joaquin, the older son, had recently graduated high school. Pablo was then a high school senior.
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