(PhD, University of Denver) is the Vice Dean of Regional Campuses and Master’s Programs in the School of Theology and professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is also the senior editor of YouthWorker Journal, a Sojourner contributing writer and “Red Letter Communicator,” and president of ParenTeen™ and HURT Seminars. He is a speaker, trainer, consultant, as well as the author of 18 books, including Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers (Baker Academic, 2004, CBA Silver Medalist for Book of the Year) and Deep Ministry in a Shallow World. Chap has served in many diverse settings over his career, in the church, parachurch, and industry. He was on the Young Life staff for 15 years as an Area and Regional Director, and for the past 18 while a seminary professor, Chap has served as an executive pastor, a senior pastor, and a consulting producer for two reality television shows. He is a highly acclaimed resource for community, adult, youth, and family conferences, as well as media, board, corporate and educational consulting and training.
(MA, Denver Seminary, LMFT) is president of Healing Reins, Inc., an author, and a licensed marriage and family therapist and internship supervisor in California and Washington. As the founder of Healing Reins, Dee is certified with EGALA, the professional association that trains therapists and counselors for equine-assisted therapy, which uses horses in therapeutic applications. She is a graduate of Colorado Christian University (BS) and Denver Seminary (MA, Counseling) and has done post-graduate work in the School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. She was also on the Young Life staff for several years. Dee is the coauthor of three books, all with her husband, Chap, including Let Me Ask You This: Conversations That Draw Couples Closer, and contributed to Silver and Gold: Stories of Special Friendships.
The Clark’s latest book is Disconnected: Raising Teens in a MySpace World (Baker, summer 2007).
Dee and Chap have been married for twenty-eight years, and have partnered together in ministry, as well as speaking and writing throughout their married life. They have three grown children: Chap, Jr. (26), Rob (23) and Katie (20). They make their home in Burbank, CA.
You may contact the Clarks through www.ParenTeen.com.
