Marvin Kent Gardner (born 1952) is a Latter-day Saint hymnwriter and editor.
Gardner served as a Mormon missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia.
He served as assistant or managing editor at one or more of these publications from 1978 to 2005.
Among the hymns written by Gardner is "Press Forward, Saints."
[1] Gardner is currently a member of the BYU faculty where he is an associate teaching professor of English language and linguistics.