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Reverend Mark Trotter

Retired Minister
First United Methodist Church of San Diego (1976-2000)
The Parker Foundation

Reverend Trotter is a retired United Methodist minister, serving twenty four years as Senior Minister of the First United Methodist Church of San Diego, located in Mission Valley. He was elected delegate six times to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, the governing body of the denomination.

He has served on several national denominational committees and boards, including chairing the Committee to Study a United Methodist Understanding of Baptism, and serving on the
Reverend Mark Trotter
editorial board of the Book of Worship, as well as the Committee For A National Plan For Hispanic Ministry, and a member of the Dialogue on Unity.

He is the author of several books, has been invited to preach and teach widely throughout the nation, and is currently Preacher in Residence at St. Paul ’s Episcopal Cathedral in San Diego.

His present community service includes the Parker Foundation Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Diego Hospice, member of the Sharp Hospital Board of Directors, Trustee of the School of Theology, Claremont, and past-president of San Diego Rotary.