A tribute · kept by those who loved him
That was Mark's whole ambition for you — not that you would admire his faith, but that you would know Jesus the way a man knows his friend. Everything here is meant to walk you toward Him.
Not inspired by a story. Not impressed by a faith. Friends — the kind you talk to at midnight, argue with, and trust with the worst thing about you. Mark would say the door has been open the whole time.
“Don't admire my faith. Get hungry.”
Mark Gibson spent 46 years learning how to hold his own life together. Then, on the evening of August 13, 2024, alone in a dark room full of questions, he met the living Christ, and everything he thought he was dissolved.
It took about sixty minutes. He came downstairs the old man and went back up the new one. Guilt, shame, and the feeling of never being enough were not buried or managed. They were gone.
Everything he wrote ends in the same place: Jesus, alive, and asking to be known. The story is only worth reading because of where it lands.
Read the whole storyVerse of the day
“A man's steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.”
Psalm 37:23
EncouragementToday, tell Jesus out loud about one step you are unsure of, ask Him to show you the very next one, and then watch with Him for a small wink.
Devotional of the day
Crumb was taught to speak the way he did — from his own writing, his letters, and the way he prayed. Ask it a question at midnight, or say how the day actually went. It will answer with what he said, and then it will do the thing he always did: hand the conversation to Jesus, who is not a memory.
Blog posts, letters, photographs, and the videos he filmed on the porch before the rest of us were awake. Read any of them and you will notice the same thing: he is always walking you toward Jesus.
Every gift goes to the ministries he gave his Thursdays, his summers, and his table to. He called it loving Jesus with skin on — feeding someone He could see, because of Someone he could not.
His main ministry — a church that gathers in the park to worship, serve the neighborhood, and point people to Jesus.
Secure card giving. One-time or monthly. A receipt follows every gift.
Memories from the people he fed, called, prayed over, and drove home. Add yours. And if you want to know the Jesus he kept talking about, ask any of us — we will tell you the truth.
“This man right here is my very good friend Mark Gibson. He's in a serious battle with pancreatic cancer and things took a turn for the worse this last week. If you've ever wondered what it looks like to genuinely live for Christ, it's him. The enthusiasm, the commitment, the tender love, the unshakeable faith, purpose & action. It's all there in maximum supply, and he has been spreading it like a wildfire. A true warrior of God's love, wisdom, and grace, and we need people like him in this world now more than ever. So I have a massive ask, and I need you to hear my heart on this. I'm asking everyone to pray for him and his family with every ounce of faith, love, and gratitude we can muster. Too often, we pray from a place of fear, sorrow, lack, sympathy, or simple religious duty. But Scripture calls us to something bolder. Something that denies our senses. Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." James 1:6 "But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind." Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 that even faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain. Cancer is a mountain, but our God is sovereign over every mountain. When hundreds of believers align their minds and spirits in total unity and expectant belief, heaven moves. We serve a living God of power and grace. This wouldn't be his first miracle, and it won't be his last. I want to invite you into prayers that don't just ask, but expect greatness. Dig deep into your spirit and pray from absolute gratitude in advance. Close your eyes and literally picture the joy flooding his family's faces when the doctors come back into the room stunned by what they're seeing on the scans. Smile as you thank the Lord right now from the bottom of your heart for his goodness. Pray an anchor of stillness around his family that defies human circumstance. We stand in total, expectant faith for full restoration, resting in the peace that God is already moving to shine his light in ways beyond what we can see. I say all this only to inspire the kind of faith we are shown in the Bible over and over again. I say this also knowing, that whatever happens God's good will grace Mark, his family, and everyone else in proximity in ways we don't even get to see. But let's try and build an unbreakable wall of faith around this brother and his family. Love ya Mark, and whether I get to continue this journey with you for years to come or days.. you have had such a profound impact on my life, among others. I will never be able to find the words to express it enough. God bless you.”
“Today, my sweet friend & Brother-in-Christ, Mark Gibson has gone home to be with the Lord. Pancreatic cancer may have broken his body physically, but it never broke his faithful & loving soul. Mark, you have touched so many lives (including mine) with your neverending love for Jesus & your incredible knowledge & teaching/sermons, I will miss you dearly & will never forget you. God has gained an Angel this afternoon & I will definitely see you again soon, until then...rest well in His loving arms. "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'" Matthew 25:23 NIV”
“"Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His saints." Psalms 116:15 NKJV Today our dear friend and brother in Christ, Mark Gibson, passed from this earth. Though Mark was just a "toddler" in the faith, in just 3 years, I saw a man who loved Jesus, his wife, his kids, his grandkids. He had such love and wisdom for all that had the great fortune of meeting him. Oh how he loved to preach/teach/share/study God's Word. Until we meet again, we love you, we miss you. Well done, my friend, well done.”
Mark prayed for people the way he breathed — quietly, constantly, by name. That has not stopped. Leave a request here and someone in this family will pray for you this week.
The wall is quiet right now.
Ask first, and see how this family prays.
Church in the Park, Westview, and the outreach work he loved. Come stand in the same rooms, or out under the same sky, and keep the thing going.
Questions?
Questions?
Questions?
Food, clothing, a bed, work, a church, a Bible study — and a form that reaches a pastor or someone in the family directly.
