Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prohpet unto the nations.Jeremiah 1:5

Dr. Mark J. Montgomery's Biography

Pastor Montgomery was raised in a Christian family in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. He graduated from Shady Side Academy in 1977, and then received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Wisconsin. Following his training, he served as the Youth Pastor/Music Director at Grace Baptist Church in Marion, Iowa from 1982-1987. During that time he also taught some Junior High and High School courses at Grace Baptist School, and served for two years as the school administrator. In 1988 he accepted the call to the pastorate of Court Street Baptist Church in Port Huron, Michigan, where he served for nearly ten years. In 1997, God began to challenge his heart concerning returning to the Pittsburgh area to start an Independent, Fundamental Baptist Church. On January 2, 1998, he and his family left Port Huron, and began preparations for the new work in Pittsburgh. Ambassador Baptist Church held its first Sunday services on September 20, 1998. Since then, in addition to leading Ambassador Baptist, Pastor Montgomery has continued his seminary studies, and he received his Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 2002 from Northland Baptist Bible College. He serves as the president of Western Pennsylvania Theological Institute, which is a ministry of Ambassador Baptist Church.

Pastor Montgomery met his wife, the former Karen Isaacs of Hudson, Wisconsin, in college. They were married in 1981, and have five children. Kristy and her husband Jonathan Heisey and their two children are serving the Lord at Biserica Baptista Independenta Birouinta (Victory Independent Baptist Church) in Mosnita Veche, Romania. Rhonda and her husband Isaac Weideman and their two children are serving at Spooner Baptist Church in Spooner, Wisconsin. Michelle is serving at Ambassador Baptist Church. Marissa is serving at Abilene Bible Baptist Church in Abilene, Kansas. Joel is a student at Indiana Baptist College in Indianapolis.