Pastor Mark Rubinoff’s journey began in a traditional Jewish home on Long Island, New York. As a young boy, his heart spoke through art — a gift that earned him local and regional awards before he was 12 years old.
Before his Bar Mitzvah, he attended Yeshiva in Brooklyn. It was there, among the scriptures, that a deep and lifelong love for faith was planted — a seed that would never leave him.
His family later made their home in West Virginia, where he graduated from Charleston High School and began his college studies. Then at 18, a simple weekend visit to Daytona Beach changed everything.
He found what he still lovingly calls his forever home — Paradise.
In Daytona, he continued his education while learning the heart of hospitality, and later founded Center Stage Designs Home Interiors. It was during a personal season of restoration and revival that his faith deepened, and his true calling became beautifully clear.
Ordained in 2009, he stepped into his first ministry in 2012. Today, he serves as Lead Pastor of Forgiven Temple Ministries, a global family built on a simple, living message: Share in the Love, live forgiven.
Pastor Mark is the author of Connected Faith, a work of love and faith, along with three customizable children’s books written from the heart for families. He is currently working on his newest book, Love at Third Sight: An Examination of Daily Challenges Through the Eyes of the Gnostic.
A Calling Lived Through Service to Others
For a decade, from 1989-1999, Pastor Rubinoff lovingly labored as a Certified HIV/AIDS Volunteer Counselor with Outreach Community Care Network, Inc. of Daytona Beach, Florida. What began as Outreach, Inc., a local 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1988, became the place where he offered ten years of compassionate volunteer service to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS.