Mark Zhakevich is the Senior Vice President for Administration and the New Testament Department Chair. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in History from UCLA, a Master of Divinity (2007) and a Master of Theology in the New Testament (2011) from The Master’s Seminary, and a Ph.D. in the New Testament from the University of Edinburgh (2017). His research areas include Johannine literature and the Jewish and Roman world of the New Testament.
Dr. Zhakevich was born into a Christian family in the USSR. His parents were actively involved in the underground church. Dr. Zhakevich became a Christian at age nine in response to a sermon on heaven and hell. Shortly after his 10th birthday, he and his family immigrated to the United States and became members of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles.
At TMS, Dr. Zhakevich teaches Exegesis of the Gospel of John; New Testament Introduction; New Testament Survey; and Rome, Judea, and Jesus. He also serves in administration at Grace Community Church and co-pastors the Cornerstone Fellowship Group along with Mark Tatlock.
