Rev. Dr. Matthew Clark (email) grew up attending Our Savior Lutheran in Fenton, Missouri. He graduated from Lutheran High School South in 1998. He then entered the Pre-Seminary program at Concordia University in Nebraska. Following graduation from Concordia Seminary in 2007, Pastor Clark was called to serve at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Illinois.

Pastor Clark has served as pastor at Ascension Lutheran Church in St. Louis since October 2013. In addition to serving at Ascension Lutheran Church and Word of Life Lutheran School, Pastor is also involved with KFUO radio AM 850, where he is co-host of “Wrestling with the Basics” which airs on Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pastor occasionally writes for Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Lutheran High School Association, and Chairperson of Christian Friends of New Americans.  Pastor completed the Doctor of Ministry program at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, in 2025. He currently serves as a guest instructor for Concordia Seminary teaching in the Specific Ministry Pastor program and Doctor of Ministry program. When not eating Ted Drewes frozen custard, Pastor enjoys family time, hiking, gardening, and cheering on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Pastor’s wife, Lisa, serves at Concordia Publishing House as Senior Editor of Curriculum Resources and writer. In 2025 she earned a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol in England. Pastor and Lisa have been blessed with two children, Noah and Anna. Noah is a graduate of Concordia University in Chicago and a teacher at the Lutheran High School in St. Charles, MO. His wife, Addie, is in graduate school at Washinton University in St. Louis.  Anna is attending Concordia University in Nebraska where she is studying Studio Art and in the Pre-Deaconess program.

Pastor Clark’s Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project can be found here: "Encouraging Conversation: Sharing the Oral History of Nepalese Refugees Through Dialogical Preaching to Inspire Intercultural Collaboration"