Background
Clarke, S. Gordon was born on March 3, 1931 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leonard Gordon and Marguerite (Lyons) Clarke.
Clarke, S. Gordon was born on March 3, 1931 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leonard Gordon and Marguerite (Lyons) Clarke.
Bachelor of Arts in Religion, Marion (Indiana) College, 1959. Master of Theology, Marion (Indiana) College, 1962. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Colorado Theological Seminary, 1965.
Director Creative Ministries, Indianapolis, 1959-1969. Regional executive secretary American Bible Society, Chicago, 1959-1977. Pastor Forsuth Friends Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1977—1979.
Senior pastor Garden Grove (California) Friends Church, 1979-1999. Volunteer chaplain Wayne County Sheriff Office, since 1996. Pastor New Hope Friends Church, Goldsboro, North Carolina, since 1999, Rhodes Friends Church, Mount Olive, North Carolina.
Chaplain Garden Grove Police Department, Wayne County Sheriff Department. Chairman Board Spiritual Life Friends United Meeting, chairman program meeting 1987, member meeting ministries commission. Member executive committee board administration Southwest Yearly Meeting, chairman spiritual life committee.
President board trustees California Friends Homes. Founder Chaplain-on-Call.
Member Special Task Force of Religious Well Being for White House Conference on Aging. Member Governor's Commission on Aging, Governor's Commission on Tourism, Governor's Committee on Migrant Labor. Sergeant United States Air Force, 1950-1955.
Member College Chaplains American Protestant Hospital Association, Correctional Chaplains Association, International Platform Association, National Association Religious Broadcasters, Leisure Fellowship Ministry.
Married Martha Thompson, November 3, 1950. Children: Daniel Gordon, David Allen (deceased)./.