James Arthur Clark, a 1953 graduate of Wheaton College, originally came to college to study science, recalled his wife, Hazel. "The Great Revival of 1950 |
turned his heart toward missions and he majored to Bible." While on campus |
he played trumpet in the Concert Band, Marching Band and Pep Band, was on |
The Record staff for three years, served as treasurer of Knights lit |
society and was elected to the National Honor Society. Clark went on to earn an MDiv |
at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Jim and Hazel first met in language |
school several years later in San Jose, Costa Rica |
and married in 1961. Jim and his wife, Hazel (Winne '56) were church- |
planting missionaries under the Conservative Baptist Home Missions Society (CBHMS) in Central and South America – 17 1/2 years in Honduras |
and then El Salvador and Venezuela. Jim's father was the founding president |
of the CBHMS while a pastor of the Galilee Baptist Church in Chicago. |
Upon return from the field in 1985 the Clarks introduced churches in Knoxville,TN to the outreach ministry of International Students and trained |
church volunteers. They also spent eight months ministering in Albania. The Clarks had a son, Peter '84, and two daughters, Rachel and Esther. Clark died on May 29, 2010 |
in Sebring, FL. |