Anthony J. Clarke
Anthony John Clarke is a British academic and Baptist minister, who is Vice-Principal and Tutorial Fellow in Pastoral Studies and Community Learning at Regent's Park College, Oxford.
He is an ordained minister in the Baptist Union of Great Britain and has served congregations in Dagenham and Oxford. He became a fellow of Regents in 2007 and is the director of the BTh suite, running the Formation for Baptist Ministers' training program.
Education
Clarke graduated with a BA in Classics from Durham University in 1988, before joining Regent's Park College, Oxford, to read Theology whilst undergoing ministerial formation, achieving his MA in. Upon further study focussing on Jesus' cry of dereliction in Mark 15:33-34, he was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity in 2001. Which was later published as part of the Regent's Study Guides published by Smyth and Helwys. In 2017 Clarke completed his DMin which explored training practices in several different theological training colleges, which he published in 2021.Career
Clarke was minister of Dagenham Baptist Church and later South Oxford Baptist Church. He was appointed Tutorial Fellow in Pastoral Studies and Community Learning at Regent's Park College, Oxford in 2007. He has responsibilities for teaching theology, being Director of Studies for the BTh and overseeing Regent's ministerial students.In late 2025, he is the vice-chair of the academic board for the college's GIC+ Project, aiming to explore religious leadership and LGBTQ+ rights, led by Prof Dr Freya Baetens.