Articles for tag: Mark Thornton

April 9, 2015

Single Minded

By Jennifer Johnson It doesn”t surprise me that Mark Thornton is single. Not because he isn”t great””in fact, this God-loving, hard-working guy will be a catch for the right mission-minded girl. (Ladies, I have his number.) But because he”s chosen to live and work in the inner city, I guessed he was unmarried even before our phone interview confirmed it. “I”m a single guy with no kids, so I don”t mind living with sex offenders all around me,” he said during that conversation. “But I understand when people move out or don”t want to minister here.” I do, too, but

April 9, 2015

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

Meeting at Jacob”s Well

By Jennifer Johnson When Mark Thornton gets an idea, get out of the way””or move to Lincoln, NE, and join the cause. “Seven years ago I was working at a homeless shelter here,” he says. “It was one of several places I”d served, and it just seemed like if we did this work as neighbors in the community instead of as outside agencies, it would be more effective. So I quit my job, moved downtown, and started something out of the house.” That “something” is Jacob”s Well, a multifaceted ministry that develops friendships and meets physical and spiritual needs for