- Pastor Eric D. Clarke
Re-elected January 4, 2007
[November 2, 2007] Pastor Eric D. Clarke is a wonderful person. You would not regret making him a part of your life. He is a loyal and committed friend. He is most of all a spiritual servant of God. In addition, he is compassionate, witty, creative, charming, good looking, open-minded, and always ready to serve. As a pastor he has the care of his members in his heart. He enjoys visiting and meeting their needs. He is the pastor of the Maranatha Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nassau, and the Executive Secretary of the Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Click HERE to Listen to Pastor Clarke Pastor Eric Clarke South Andros Convention January 24-25, 2004. Pastors Clarke and Brennen visited South Andros and inspire the members there. On Friday night the service was held at Kemp's Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church and on Sabbath the service was held at the Macedonia Seventh-day Adventist Church. Listen to Pastor Clarke's Sabbath message. You will also hear a duet by two of the members and Pastor Clarke's children.
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. [ Photo of family taken December 2007]
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.