Having written his first hint of a song in the fifth grade, Mark Roach has seemingly always known he was born to write songs. It wasn't until recently, however, that he recognized a calling to write worship music.

At thirteen, Mark picked up his first guitar and finally put chords to the first melody he'd ever written three years earlier. By the time he graduated high school, he had officially adopted the title singer/songwriter. Four years later, Mark released his first full-length recording entitled The Road to Home--the culmination of his tenure at Millikin University in Decatur, IL.

After Graduating College, Mark headed to Nashville. Still writing primarily secular pop/rock music, the Christian industry in Nashville didn't seem to be a fit, so he headed back to his hometown of St. Louis, MO in '99. Ironically, only months later, Mark accepted what would prove to be a life-changing position at Morning Star Church, a new church start in O'Fallon, where he began writing worship songs as the Music Director and Worship Leader.  Mark has written several worship songs now sung in churches across the country, and is currently in his seventh year as Worship Leader at MSC.

Six of Mark's original worship songs have been featured on National compilations, including appearances on WOW Next 2007,  Absolute Modern Worship 2 [Fervent Records - 2006], SongDISCovery [vol. 53] in November of 2005 and two appearances on Purpose Driven Ministries' SongSeeker project (2004 and 2005.)  He has been featured on www.songdiscovery.com,  www.pdworshipcommunity.com, and www.myrrhworship.com and has led worship for churches, youth camps, conferences, and rallies from the Midwest all the way to California.