Pastor Mark Rampulla’s Bio
Mark is the Lead Pastor of SouthView, which started their weekly meetings in Jan 2009. Originally from New Jersey, Mark grew up in the church and served in pretty much every department. In fact, he met his wife at church when they were both in youth group.
Like tons of other christian musicians, Mark moved to Nashville in Oct of 2003 to pursue music with his band. After the band parted ways, he focused on his passion for leading worship for churches, youth and college groups. In May 2005, Mark became the worship leader for Bethel World Outreach’s church plant in Spring Hill. As he continued to grow in his passion for building churches, Mark felt the calling and anointing to be a pastor. After becoming the lead pastor of the church plant, Mark found his true calling and fell in love with the community of Spring Hill. In the summer of 2008, the church was relocated, but Mark felt the need to continue reaching out to the city of Spring Hill. With much prayer, counsel and excitement, SouthView Community Church was born.
Mark and his wife LeeAnn have been married since April of 1999. They have 4 children (1 boy and two girls and another girl on the way!) that keep their lives pretty busy and exciting. Their main desire is for SouthView to be a place where people experience a loving touch from God no matter their age, race or background.
SOME RANDOM FACTS:
FAVORITE MOVIE:
The Matrix (We saw this on our honeymoon…well actually LeeAnn slept through it)
Runner up – The Godfather trilogy taught me about my Italian heritage and why we had to relocate to Tennessee under a new name (this is a joke btw)
FAVORITE BOOK:
Is the Bible a given for this question? (I also loved Crazy Love by Francis Chan)
FAVORITE BAND:
Way too many to name…part of my gift in life is to like and listen to almost everything. Seriously try to test my musical knowledge…seriously try it! It’s my spiritual gift…
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO:
Music (I always thought this would be a job…now it’s a hobby), Walks with my family (you will probably see us outside anytime it’s nice out), hanging with people (we LOVE having dinners, coffee, hanging with friends/family), Shopping (yup I’m like a woman), playing on my iPhone, making up annoying songs to torment my children (one day they will do the same to me while I’m in a nursing home)
FAVORITE SPORT/TEAM:
I LOVE Football and I support anything from Philadelphia…especially the Philadelphia Eagles.
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET:
Sting and Bono (both have 1 word names)
LOCATIONS YOU WOULD LOVE TO VISIT:
I love Southern California, would LOVE to go to Italy and Hawaii.
WHAT PART OF THE BIBLE IS CURRENTLY BLOWING YOUR MIND:
The way the Acts Church truly lived compared to the way churches today live. Why is it so different? We need to get back to that. Let’s see the glory of God operate like that again!
WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT SPRING HILL:
The family atmosphere about it and the fact that there are people from all over the country living in this city…Spring Hill ROCKS!
