Mark and his wife, Crystal, are the University Pastors of The City Church. In the heart of the University of Washington hundreds of students gather together on a weekly basis to encounter Jesus. Their message is to see people saved, the weak strengthened, and the leader released to lead. Their desire is to see Jesus build his church and reach our cities. In 2000, Mark Venti began serving Pastors Judah and Chelsea Smith and soon came on the staff of Generation Church. Over the past ten years Mark and Crystal have overseen various ministries and pioneered extension campuses for The City Church, taught in the GC internship program, and developed teams of leaders who now lead Generation Church.