Mark is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. A lifelong United Methodist, he has been active in United Methodist renewal since 1988. He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War. He attends a United Methodist church in Alexandria, Va.
Mark Tooley | United Methodist disaffiliations accelerate as end-of-year deadline approaches
Mark Tooley | The establishment hated it, but Ronald Reagan and evangelicals stand vindicated
Mark Tooley | We can thank God that an evildoer will stand trial for his crime
Mark Tooley | The floodgates are opening, and congregations are leaving the United Methodist Church
Mark Tooley | Antisemitism is found in more than one form
Mark Tooley | The Protestant movement pushed God’s Kingdom forward
Mark Tooley | Vladimir Putin’s court prophet and his false promises
Mark Tooley | Liberals in Florida refuse to abide by or enforce church law on marriage
Mark Tooley | Self-righteous students seek Jefferson’s removal at the university he founded
Mark Tooley | Depleted denominations mourn the baby-saving reversal of Roe
