Pastor Donald Clarke

Dr. Don Clarke is the Senior Pastor of Harvest Fire Worship Center, and President of Harvest Fire Outreach International, located in Miami Gardens, Florida. Saved at the age of twenty three in New York City, he did a 180 degree turn around from the life he knew to become a passionate follower of Jesus Christ. He attended and graduated from Manhattan Bible Institute in 1977 and in 1978 was called to the Ministry along with his wife Helga.

Prior to his conversion Dr. Clarke, a graduate of City University of New York, worked in the Banking industry and in 1986 began his solely owned company Asset Based Lending Consultants and Don Clarke Enterprises with branches in London, England and several major cities in the United States, including New York, Tampa and Atlanta. Noted for his energy, teaching style and years of experience on banking principles he is sought out to lecture on Corporate Financial Lending Disciplines worldwide, and is an expert witness on banking fraud cases. He has been noted in the "Who’s Who in Business” magazine and has been awarded the Lifetime Instructor of Excellence by the Commercial Finance Association, New York. His clientele are inclusive of General Electric Commercial Finance, (Chicago, Connecticut, and Sydney, Australia) Bank of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland), Hong Kong Shanghai Bank (HSBC), New York City and National Bank of Canada.

Dr. Clarke has authored a textbook on Asset Based Lending Disciplines that was published in 2006 and being utilized for continuing education purposes by major global lending institutions such as JP Morgan Chase and Textron Financial Services. Mr. Clarke has been twice quoted in the Wall Street Journal as an expert on Asset Based Lending Disciplines. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Camillus House, Miami, Florida and presently sits on the Board of Directors as Finance Chairman of  Window International (WIN) Colorado Springs, Colorado.

As Pastor and CEO of Harvest Fire Worship Center and Harvest Fire International Outreach Ministries with ministries catering to the whole man, he has spoken on several continents including Asia and particularly India 2006 where over 10,000 were converted to Christianity. He currently hosts a local radio broadcast program, “The Harvest Fire Hour” on WAVS 1170AM on Sundays at 10:00a.m., reaching the Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties of South Florida. Dr. Clarke as appeared as a guest on Trinity Broadcasting Network (“TBN”) local and international Praise The Lord programs.

In 1997 Dr. Clarke received an honorary Doctorate degree from Omega Bible Institute and June of 2006 received the Jaycees Humanitarian Award primarily for his work among the homeless from The Miami Rescue Mission where he has mentored men and women back to productive lives.

Dr. Clarke has been married to is wife Helga for 29 years and  is the proud father of four children and three grand children.