Marc Blessing is pastor at the Protestant Lutheran Church of Geneva, German-speaking congregation. He originates from Germany. Before serving as a pastor in Geneva he was Lutheran Moderator at the ecumenical foundation „Stiftung Kloster Frenswegen“ and pastor at the Lutheran Kreuzkirche in Lower Saxony. Before he was working in the Brussels office of the Council of the Evangelical Church of Germany towards the European Union. Marc Blessing has studied Theology in Bethel/Bielefeld, Marburg, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Oxford and Bangui/Centrafrique. He is married to Karin Blessing and they have five kids.