Dr. Mark David Luttio was born and raised in Japan, the son of American Lutheran missionaries.  After graduating from high school in Tokyo he came to the United States for his college education, graduating from Wheaton College in 1981 with a B.A. in philosophy.  He attended Luther Theological Seminary and was ordained a Lutheran pastor in June of 1985.  He returned to Japan and served as a missionary in the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church.  He completed further graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, earning his Ph.D. in theology in 1995 and taught at the Japan Lutheran Theological Seminary until 1998.  He then took a position with the faculty at Saint Mary’s College (Notre Dame, IN) teaching there until 2002.  He now resides in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife and four children, where he serves as senior pastor at Nativity Lutheran Church, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  He also serves on the faculty at Lynn University and St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Seminary.