Mark Musser graduated from the Evergreen State College in 1989 in Olympia, Washington with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and then from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon in 1994 with a Master of Divinity. He and his wife, Caren, together with their children, Rachel, Alex and Paul, were a missionary family in the former Soviet Union for 7 years where they helped plant two churches working with Village Ministries International and James F. Myers Ministries. While on the mission field, Mark taught in numerous seminaries, bible colleges, bible institutes, and other churches.