Mark Matlock

Insight Lead at Barna Group

Mark Matlock currently serves as the Executive Director of Urbana at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and has been the Principal Owner of WisdomWorks LLC since 1996, focusing on transformative learning through wisdom acquisition. Matlock has held the position of Insight Lead at Barna Group since 2016, where responsibilities include providing analytical support and facilitating the implementation of research findings. From March 2022 to January 2024, Matlock acted as the Interim Chief Executive Officer for Movement.org, delivering executive leadership to global ministries. Previous roles include Advisor for Youth Specialties, where oversight of the National Youth Workers Convention was provided, and various important positions at Zondervan Publishers, including Executive Director and Vice President of Event Content. Matlock’s early career included serving as an Unusual Truth Expositor at Shepherd Ministries, and educational background includes a degree from Biola University.

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Dallas, United States

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Barna Group

In its 38-year history, Barna Group has conducted more than one million interviews over the course of hundreds of studies, and has become a go-to source for insights about faith and culture, leadership and vocation, and generations. Barna Group has carefully and strategically tracked the role of faith in America, developing one of the nation’s most comprehensive databases of spiritual indicators. Barna Group has worked with thousands of business, nonprofit organizations and churches across the U.S. and around the world. Some of its notable clients have included World Vision, Compassion International and the American Bible Society. It has also served mainstream business and non-profit leaders at organizations like Sony, Walden Media, Easter Seals, CARE, the ONE Campaign, the Humane Society, the Gates Foundation, and NBC Universal. The firm's studies are frequently cited in sermons and talks, and its public opinion research is often quoted in major media outlets such as CNN, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, the New York Times, Dallas Morning News, and the Los Angeles Times.


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