Mark Nelsen

After attending the Air Force Academy and then graduating from the University of Florida, Mark Nelsen worked as a cowboy on different ranches in Nevada, Wyoming, California, and Florida. At the Blue Head Ranch in Lake Placid, FL, Mark met Charlotte, who worked as a CPA before Mark stole her from the corporate world. They currently have four children: Hannah, Chloe, and David, Jonathan. In Lake Placid, God also began to work in Mark’s heart and lead him into pastoral ministry. Through teaching Bible studies and leading small groups, Mark realized that many men grew up in church but didn’t know what the Bible really said about God and how they are to respond. They had not been discipled, and Mark felt like he could do something about discipling and teaching men. These reasons propelled Mark to pursue pastoral ministry and start seminary classes at RTS. Mark and his family moved to Orlando in 2022 to complete his MDiv at RTS, where he graduated in May 2023. Church planting was not Mark’s original plan, but the seed was planted and it has become something he has loved. After buying a house and moving out to Chuluota in the fall of 2023, Christ’s Community Church was launched in November 2023 with 21 adults and 10 kids in the Nelsens’ house. The church has since outgrown the Nelsens’ home and another family’s home. Christ’s Community Church met in a pole barn to worship our Creator each Sunday morning until moving to Walker Elementary in October 2025.