A great man of God. Pastor Eric D. Clarke is kind,
generous, funny, energetic, and a friend to all. If there is one father
and husband that prays, plays, laughs and talks with his family it is
Pastor Eric Clarke. He is a dynamic preacher. The only unfortunate point
is he really cannot sing (smile). He is a great pastor and the Executive
Secretary of the Bahamas Conference. He also serves as the pastor of the
Maranahta Seventh-day Adventist Church. As the Executive Secretary he is
responsible for all personnel and for accurate record keeping and
statistic of the church in the Bahamas Conference. Pastor Clarke is
married to Patrice, a professional nurse. They have three exciting
musical children. Pastor Clarke is a model family man, husband, and
leader.
Who is Pastor Clarke? Pastor Eric D. Clarke was born on the island of
Exuma, Bahamas. His early days were spent in Mount Thompson, where he
attended the All Age Public School. He then moved to Nassau where he
attended and from the Government High School in 1976. The pursuit of his
College education took him to the beautiful island of Jamaica where he
completed a Bachelor’s degree in Theology with minors in Greek and
History in 1981.
In 1992, Pastor Clarke graduated with a Master’s degree from Andrew’s
University in Berrien Spring, Michigan. He has been a full-time
minister with the Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventist since
1981. During this time, he has pastored on a number of Family Islands
and here in New Providence. D.C., as he is affectionately
called, from the longest running locally produced youth television
program “Listen Up,” which he co-produced for six years, loves working
with both the young and those who have been younger longer.
Pastor Clarke served as Deputy Chairman of the National Youth Advisory
Committee of the Ministry of Youth. He was recently honored by the
Bahamas Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for
outstanding services to the Bahamian Community in the area of Volunteer
Services (October 26, 2002). Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on
the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C., in 1913.
Pastor Clarke was honoured in 2003 by Prison Fellowship Bahamas as well
as the Sir Lynden Pindling Foundation 2003 in the area of Religious Life
of our Commonwealth. Pastor Clarke has done extensive work among
the youth of our nation, having served as Communications Director and
for 10 years as the National Youth Director for the Bahamas Conference.
He has served as a volunteer member of the National Drug Council and on
the National Scholarships Committee of the Ministry of Education. He is
currently a member of the Youth Advisory Committee and National Youth
Service of the Ministry of Youth.In January of 2003, Pastor Clarke was elected Executive Secretary of the
Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He is a Marriage Office
and a Justice of the Peace for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Pastor Clarke is married to his beautiful partner, Patrice, a Registered
Midwife and a Nursing Officer with the Bahamas Government. They have
three children; Daran, Dannia, and Danesha.
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