Lutheran Theological Center leader on 'Day 1' broadcasts

by Frank Imhoff, ELCA News Service

The Rev. Lawrence J. Clark, executive director, Lutheran
Theological Center in Atlanta (LTCA), is the speaker March 25 and
April 1 on "Day 1," a nationally broadcast weekly radio program
and podcast. Each program includes a sermon by Clark and an
interview with him by the program's host, Peter Wallace. The
March 25 program, "Oh, the Things that Happen at Bethany," looks
at the significance of the village of Bethany, where Jesus
stopped to be with friends before going to Jerusalem. On Palm
Sunday, April 1, Clark asks, "What are you willing to die for?
What do you have so much passion for that you would die for it?"

Formerly known as "The Protestant Hour," Day 1 has been broadcast
every week for 62 years, winning numerous awards in the process,
including the George Foster Peabody Award and the Crystal Award
for Excellence in inspirational radio. It is produced by the
Alliance for Christian Media in association with the Cooperative
Baptist Fellowship, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), United Church of
Christ and United Methodist Church.

Clark studied at LTCA on his way to a master of divinity degree
from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio. He served as a
lay campus pastor at San Francisco State University and pastor at
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago, before he joined
the staff of the ELCA Metropolitan Chicago Synod in 2003 as
associate to the bishop. In 2006 he was named executive director
for LTCA and a member of the administrative staff of Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C. LTCA is located on
the campus of the Interdenominational Theological Center, a
consortium of theological schools of several traditionally
African American denominations in the Atlanta University complex.
LTCA is an extension of all eight ELCA seminaries.