DAVID A. CLARK
EDUCATION
The University of Nottingham (UK)
PhD in Historical Theology, 2014
Dissertation: The Lord’s Prayer: Origins and Early Interpretations
Bethel University
Master of Divinity, summa cum laude, 2007
Greek & Hebrew track
PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS, AUDIO PRODUCTIONS
Books
- On Earth as in Heaven: The Lord’s Prayer from Jewish Prayer to Christian Ritual. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017.
- The Lord’s Prayer: Origins and Early Interpretations. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016.
Articles
- “A Match Made in Heaven: Entrepreneurship among Evangelical Immigrants in the UK.” Religions 16:387 (2025). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16030387
- “Gospel, Liberation and Pluralism in Latin America.” Transformation 42:1 (2025), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788241279182
- “Evangelical Historiography in the Colonial and Postcolonial Eras.” Open Theology 8 (2022), 428-444. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opth-2022-0218/html
- “Evangelical Identity Formation in Postcolonial Britain.” Evangelical Review of Theology: A Global Forum 46:1 (2022), 68-81. https://theology.worldea.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ERT-46-1_digital.pdf
- “Exploring Metaphors in the Reception History of the Lord’s Prayer.” The Journal of the Bible and its Reception 6 (2019), 39-65. https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/jbr/6/1/article-p39.xml
- “Order and Chaos in the Didache.” The Journal of Pentecostal Theology 25 (2016), 287-296. https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/jbr/6/1/article-p39.xml
- “Tertullian on Divine Sovereignty and Free Will: A Christian/Stoic Resolution.” Philosophy & Theology 31 (2019), 3-19. 10.5840/philtheol2020519121
Podcast
“Theology and Identity” A podcast exploring identity formation within the historical development of Biblical and Christian thought. 23 episodes currently published.
PRESENTATIONS
- “How the Practice of the Lord’s Prayer Awakens Ecclesial Personhood.’ Tyndale Fellowship annual conference, July 2025.
- “Postcolonial Pedagogy for Biblical Studies” Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, July, 2024
- “Sin as the Public Dishonouring of God’s Name in 14th century British Paraenesis.” Tyndale Fellowship annual conference, July 2024.
- “The Theology and Practice of Prayer within Open Theism.” Society for the Study of Theology annual conference, April 2024.
- “The Idea of Progress in Theology: Did James Orr get it right in 1897?” Abraham Kuyper Center Winter Seminary, January, 2022.
- “Stoic Conflagration and the Imagery of Judgment in 2 Peter 3: 3-13” Semisud PRIDEMI Conference on Environmental Theology, Quito, Ecuador, 2019.
- “The Movement Toward Interdependent Scholarship.” Semisud Cátedra Inaugural, Quito, Ecuador, 2019.
- “Missiological Reflections on Immigration.” Semisud Cátedra Inaugural, Quito, Ecuador, 2018.
- “Tertullian on Divine Sovereignty and Free Will: A Christian/Stoic Resolution.” SBL Regional Conference, St Paul, MN, 2017.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Chair of ‘Postcolonial Pedagogy’ programme unit, a research group exploring best pedagogical practices for multi-cultural contexts.
- Tyndale Fellowship
VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Lecturer in Historical Theology, Programme Leader
University of Roehampton, London, 2020 - Present
Director of Research, Professor
Seminario Sudamericano (Semisud), Quito, Ecuador, 2018 - 2020
PhD Partnership Coordinator
South African Theological Seminary, 2018 - 2020
Founder/Director
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Minneapolis, 1996 – 2017
- Cross-cultural teaching experience in 35 nations.
Missions Director
International Ministerial Fellowship, 1993-1996
Missionary/Church Planter
Yucatan, Mexico, 1987 - 1993
LANGUAGES
- Spanish: Speak, read and write with complete fluency
- Biblical Hebrew: Basic proficiency for biblical studies
- Koine Greek: Basic proficiency for biblical studies