Daniel Clark
Dan was born in Liverpool, and is a keen supporter of Liverpool Football Club. Living in London as a child, he grew in his Christian faith through his local church and Christian Union at school. After school, he spent a year as a youth worker in East Belfast with Youth for Christ, before studying at Durham. It was towards the end of his time there that he sensed God calling him to ministry as a pastor-teacher. He took a year working for a small church in Gateshead to test that calling, then went to Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Regent College, Vancouver, to study theology.
Dan was curate and then associate minister at Holy Trinity Platt, Manchester, from 2000 to 2006, before moving here to Bristol. At Christ Church, Dan's particular responsibilities include developing evangelism within the church, and leading the 9.30am service team. Dan is author of Dead or Alive? (IVP, 2007) which examines the truth and relevance of Jesus' resurrection. (Further information from IVP website.)
A key passage in his understanding of ministry is Ephesians 4:11-13 - the pastor-teacher's role is to help "prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ..." Dan is married to Andrea; they have two sons, Joshua and Samuel.