Dr. Marcia Clarke, Ph.D. is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, where she teaches spiritual formation. Born and raised in Nottingham, England she completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham. She holds a Masters Degree in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, a Masters of Education from the University of Nottingham (UK) and a Bachelors in Education from Nottingham Trent University (UK).  Dr. Clarke had the privilege of serving for ten years as a mission partner in Ghana, West Africa. Whilst there, she was involved in ministry, theological education, governmental and nonprofit programs. Alongside her teaching and academic commitments, she is an ordained minister in the Church of God Cleveland Tennessee and serves by appointment on the State Ministerial Development Task Force. She is  the pastor for Christian formation and discipleship at New Beginnings Christian Fellowship in Simi Valley, California.