ABOUT

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Clark Bates serves as a missionary to Italy, where he works as a faculty member at the Institute of Evangelical Formation and Documentation in Padova. His doctoral studies brought his family to the city of Birmingham, where he researched with the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing (ITSEE), in the Department of Theology and Religion. His research focus was the Pre-Medieval Greek commentary tradition of Ephesians and is collating and translating Greek manuscripts from the 9th to the 12th century to create a critical edition. Clark’s research passions are for the study of the New Testament and the history of the church, particularly between the 4th and 10th centuries.

 He has an extensive background in Christian Apologetics, speaking at various churches, appearing on the Alisha Childers podcast, and various Ratio Christi productions. Clark’s heart is for building up the church through education and training. He desires to see pastors and laypeople grow deeper in their understanding
of God’s Word and the history of the Church so that they will always be ready to give an answer for the hope that rests within them.

 

Clark has been married to his wife, Jessie for 22 years, and they have five wonderful children. When he is not researching, Clark enjoys hiking, reading, and playing the game Rumikub with his children, as well as working on becoming a polyglot. As a lover of history, he is also deeply involved in tracing his Italian-American heritage
and the history of Italy in general..