Mark Dance is the Executive Director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. He pastored and planted SBC churches for 30 years and led pastoral initiatives at Lifeway and GuideStone for 11 years. Dr. Dance authored Start To Finish and Rest Well, Lead Well. He earned degrees from Howard Payne University (BBA), SWBTS (M.Div), and SBTS (D.Min). Mark and Janet have two adult children and live in Conway, Arkansas.
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Impact students from kindergarten to graduate school.
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