The entire purpose of life is soul winning for Jesus Christ. If the Church were to be hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world, there would no reason to exist on this earth. The Church might as well be taken up to heaven. If the Church isn't getting souls saved, then it's not doing its mission. It comes from a strong burden of love for the lost. And then seeking the lost.
Mark served honorably for four years on active duty in the Marine Corps infantry, and was a Libertarian endorsed candidate for a municipal office in 2002. He re-enlisted in the ARNG in 2006 because he was depressed/at times SI without the military. He has held the NFA Series 3 license (futures and futures options broker) which he did a voluntary withdrawal on because he couldn't in good conscience sell managed futures since firms would do better to hire an in-house trader to trade a proprietary account with a discount broker, which he outlined in his well-written withdrawal request. Since the year 2000, he has spent much of his free time reading the great minds of the Austrian School of economics, such as Murray Rothbard, Henry Hazlitt, Ludwig von Mises, et al.