Chap Clark, Ph.D., President of ParenTeen and HURT Seminars, is Vice Dean of Regional  Campuses and School of Theology Master's Programs and professor of youth, family, and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, a Red Letter Communicator and contributing writer for Sojourners, and Senior Editor of Youthworker Journal.

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Chap Clark (Ph.D., University of Denver) is Vice Dean of Regional Campuses and School of Theology Master's Programs and professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, and President of Foothill Community Ministries, Inc., the parent organization for the ParenTeen and HURT Seminars. His responsibilities at Fuller include chair of department and Director of Doctor of Ministry and Ph.D. programs in Youth, Family, and Culture. He is also the executive director of the Young Life partnership Student Leadership Project as well as the Institute of Youth Ministry. Chap is the Senior Editor of Youthworker Journal, and has been a leader in organizations such as Young Life and Youth Specialties for more than 25 years. When not at Fuller, Chap and his wife, Dee, live in Burbank, CA, and have three children, 26, 23, and 20.

Chap has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (cum laude) from the University of California, San Diego, and a M. A. Theology and Master of Divinity from Fuller Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver in Human Communications Studies, specializing in relationships, teamwork and leadership, and organizational and family systems.

A well-known practitioner, adolescent and family scholar, author, gifted trainer-teacher and energetic speaker, Chap has served in diverse settings in church, parachurch, education, entertainment, business, military and other government settings. He is a highly acclaimed resource for consulting on adolescence and adolescent development; parenting and family; parachurch, college and seminary consulting; leadership training seminars and consulting; and cultural trends, especially related to popular culture, adolescents and society. His diverse ministry, leadership background and training, authentic style, and use of humor have won Chap the ability to speak to all ages, groups, organizations, and backgrounds. His years in academic, parachurch and church leadership have given him the credibility and experience to be in constant demand as a consultant for institutions and organizations, government, business and educational leaders, and international youth and ministry organizations. People from all backgrounds, both those from the church and those who are not comfortable in the pew, find Chap refreshing, real, and able to speak to them in a way that connects.

Dr. Clark has written seventeen books and dozens of articles. Among his books are:

• Next Time I Fall In Love (on dating and sexuality, www.Wipfandstck.com)
• Let Me Ask You This... (a marriage communication/devotional from NavPress co-authored with his wife, Dee, 1991)
• The Performance Illusion (NavPress, 1993), nominated for Reader's Choice Book of the Year 1993 for Christianity Today
• Boys To Men (Moody, 1993), on raising sons
• Youthworker's Handbook of Family Ministry (Zondervan, 1996)
• Daughters and Dads (co-authored with Dee, NavPress, 1998)
• Starting Right: A Practical Theology of Youth Ministry (as co-general editor, Zondervan Academic, 2001)
• From Father to Son (NavPress, 1999).
• Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers (Baker Academic, 2004, the research basis for the ParenTeen and HURT Seminars), was an ECPA finalist for book of the year.
• Deep Ministry in a Shallow World (w/ Kara Powell, Zondervan, 2007)
• Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World (Baker, 2007)
• Deep Justice (w/ Kara Powell, Zondervan, 2008)
• Everything is Broken (w/ Steve Raybe, Baker, 2009)