Clarence Washington Sr.

Clarence Washington Sr. was born January of 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He lived on the southwest side of the city very near Comiskey Park, the White Sox baseball field, which was renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003. As a young person (from age 8 to 12), Clarence sold newspapers, score cards, and pencils to White Sox fans on the sidewalks around Comiskey Park. Also, after selling newspapers at the Park, Clarence watched the cars of baseball fans for a fee of $1 or $2 that parked in his neighborhood while they attended the games to make sure that their cars were not vandalized.

In 1960 Clarence graduated from the all-boys Tilden Technical pre-engineering high school. He then attended the University of Illinois at Navy Pier as an engineering student and graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology with a degree in electronic engineering technology. He moved to Albuquerque, NM in April of 1964 and retired with 30 years of service in the field of science and engineering.

Clarence answered his call to the gospel ministry in 1985 and pastored his first church from 1989 to 1994. He graduated from Luther Rice Seminary with a bachelor of arts in biblical studies and has completed several graduate courses towards a master of arts in biblical studies. He is currently the senior pastor of Abundant Life Community Church since 1999. Clarence and his wife, Janice, have six children and twelve grandchildren.

Also, Clarence was a founding member and the first president of CSA (Cry aloud, Spare not, A call to action--Isaiah 58:1) Gospel Message Enterprise from 2010 to 2017. CSA is an organization of pastors and lay people established to promote unity in the Body of Christ, prayer, and the proclamation of the gospel for the spiritual healing of our nation.