Robin Mark lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland with his wife Jacqueline and three children, Catherine, David and James. He combines the role of businessman, heading his own acoustics company F.R. Mark and Associates, with his position as Director of Worship at Christian Fellowship Church, Lecturer in Acoustics for Queens University (Belfast) and worship leader and songwriter of international standing. He has led worship in his local church in Belfast, for nearly 18 years. With the help and support of his church leadership, members and the many talented musicians in the body, he has matured not only as a worship leader but also as a truly gifted songwriter. A first church-based album in 1992, Captive Heart, spawned several songs that are still being used in worship not only in his home church but throughout Northern Ireland and the world. Additional locally-produced albums, Not By Might and Days Of Elijah became best-sellers in Ireland in the mid 1990s. News of Robin’s songs and albums was spreading fast and UK distributors, publishers and event organizers began to make contact. Wide release of new albums followed including the award winning gold-certified (UK) Mandate conference series with a unique blend of old and new songs presented in the context of the largest men’s conference in the U.K. Further songs followed including the anthem “Revival,” the poetic “Take Us To The River,” and many other psalms, hymns and spiritual songs used throughout the world by congregations seeking to praise the King and Lord of all. Not that Robin regards himself as a “songwriter” per se. At the 2000 Toronto “Worship Together” conference, he stated: ...I write only when I feel I have something to say. I cannot sit down and write automatically or prolifically, God hasn't given me that gift, unfortunately! But whether it’s in music, song, business, family or other areas of service, so long as I am praising Him, that's all that matters. Perhaps it was this “heart" attitude that prompted Integrity Music (US) in 1999 to pursue the project which became known as Revival in Belfast. After discussions, the combination of a local church expression with an international recording company was graced by God to become one of the most compelling worship albums of the year. It continues to be popular worldwide, with over 400,000 units sold. Over half of these have been in the U.S. where the album stayed in the top 50 worship album sales charts for over 4 years. The album became “gold” in Canada in 2004 and is close to “gold” in Australia where, in both nations, Robin is one of the top selling worship artists. Two other albums, Come Heal This Land and Revival In Belfast 2 continued where the first Integrity album left off, introducing new songs of praise and worship with the Celtic flavor inherent in Robin’s work. Naturally invitations to minister have come from all over the globe and, whilst balancing a strong commitment to family and his home based responsibilities, he has traveled the world on tour and conference dates including Canada, the US, Hawaii, Australia, Singapore, Hungary, Italy, Scotland, England and Wales. A recent restructuring of his business responsibilities should enable him to increase his commitment to this international ministry. Having had 13 album releases with world wide sales well in excess of one million, it perhaps came as no surprise that in March 2004 he was awarded the prestigious International Artist of the Year Award from the Gospel Music Association in America. He attended the presentation a few months after coordinating and presenting the largest ever Christian Worship Concert in the history of Belfast. With such an anthology of album success, awards and touring experience, you might have expected all this to have gone to his head a little. But not so. His attitude and approach is most simply encapsulated by this recent quote during a press interview when asked about his life and ministry. I remember being told by an old Pastor to “hold everything loosely.” Everything that I have ever had or will ever achieve is simply God’s grace and pleasure. Any talent that I might muster has been given to me by the Lord, as the Bible says, “in accordance with my ability.” The worth or value of my ministry pales into total insignificance when set against what Christ did for me. All I have ever done is, at its core, an offering of worship in response to Him. Were it all to end or change tomorrow then, so long as I have tried to do whatever He asked me to with all my heart and soul, that’s all that matters. I have been very blessed. And, so, what of the future? Doors have opened and pathways illuminated that are beckoning Robin and his musicians almost all around the world. He has daily calls with invitations from Europe, America, Canada, Australia and the Far East. He is still based in his city of birth, Belfast, and sees no immediate call to move from these Irish shores. In the midst of all this travel and expanding horizons he still feels the need to invest in his family and continue to praise the Giver of all gifts within the context of the broken, but slowly healing, society where he grew up. He remains firmly rooted in Northern Ireland desiring to see the answered prayer that God would “come and heal this Land.”