E. Trey Clark

E. Trey Clark joined Fuller’s faculty in 2021. He is currently assistant professor of preaching and spiritual formation. Previously, he served as the dean of the chapel.

Over the last 20 years, Dr. Clark has served in diverse ministry contexts throughout the US, including many years in pastoral ministry in Southern California. An ordained minister, he serves on the pastoral team at his local church and enjoys walking alongside others as a spiritual companion and mentor. He has preached and/or lectured at several colleges, conferences, and churches in the US and abroad. His current research interests include preaching and Christian formation, minoritized preaching histories, African American spiritual traditions, and the life and work of Howard Thurman.

He holds degrees from Wheaton College and Fuller Seminary, where he completed his MDiv and PhD. As the recipient of the Parish Pulpit Fellowship, he also studied at the University of Pretoria, Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Additionally, he has been a visiting student in the PhD program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary and a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

Dr. Clark is the author of Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer, Proclamation, and Prophetic Witness with Baylor University Press (2024). He is currently writing a book on African American Christian spirituality and co-editing a book with Jennifer Ackerman and Luke Powery on Howard Thurman’s homiletical and liturgical contributions.

He serves on the editorial board of Homiletic and Spiritus, and, in addition to contributing to these journals, has published articles in The International Journal of Homiletics, Worship, Witness, Liturgy, Religions, and The Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. He has also contributed to edited volumes, written numerous book reviews, and developed various practical resources for ministry leaders. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Academy of Homiletics (where he co-convenes the pedagogy workgroup), the Societas Homiletica, the Spiritual Directors of Color Network, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, where he serves on the board of directors. He is a cofounder of the Black Contemplative Society.

He lives in Southern California with his wife Dominique, an economic development consultant, and their daughter.