When Harry Clark became the winner of The Traitors series two in early 2024, he went overnight from being an unknown army engineer from Slough, to national recognition.
While fame, red carpets, and interviews followed, Clark says the thing that has kept him grounded is similar force that’s shaped him since childhood – his Christian faith.
Raised in a close-knit Roman Catholic family, Clark describes growing up surrounded by faith. Sundays were spent at Our Lady of Peace church, where he and his siblings played instruments during services.
He talks about it in his book, Staying Faithful, recently published by Christian publisher SPCK.
“Christianity was all the time involved in my family growing up,” he recently told the Baptist Times. “I loved talking about faith, having opinions about it. I still do now.”
That community became a lifeline when his sister underwent heart surgery as a baby. Watching his mother lean on God during that point left a long-lasting mark on him. Her resilience, he said, showed him how faith sustains people through fear and uncertainty.
Clark’s own relationship with faith hasn’t all the time been regular. Joining the military at 16 brought what he calls “the darkest time” of his life – a period marked by trauma and questions on why suffering exists in any respect.
He recounted: “You also saw in a short time the evils of the world, what man could do to man, and it just made me query my faith as an entire. It’s that easy query: God loves us a lot – then why does he let death occur? Why does he let all this illness occur?”
That struggle became a turning point. Guided by advice from his mother — “just pray” — Clark says he returned to prayer, moving from requests to gratitude.
“I began saying thanks for even letting me have a bed to sit down on to hope to you … for giving me clean water … for letting me be under a roof at once … I used to be saying thanks for every part I had in my life. I began to value the people I had and the things I had around me,” he shared.
Over time, that shift rekindled his faith and now he says he wears God “as my armour”. Since his victory on The Traitors, Clark has been determined to remain true to that groundedness.
Despite winning the show as a “traitor,” he insists he’s still a “faithful” in real life – an individual guided by honesty and conviction.
“I believe faith itself has kept me a standard guy,” he said. “I still have the identical family members around me. I still have my strong faith, because that’s all I would like. I never see myself as a star.”
His recent book mixes faith, authenticity, memoir and encouragement, while also exploring mental health. Clark hopes it’ll reach people fighting hopelessness – especially young adults.
“The book is about attempting to help just that one person, because then it creates an attractive chain effect. If someone’s struggling they usually read it, and if it helps them, then my job here is finished,” he said.
The 24 12 months old has also change into an unexpected voice for faith amongst Gen Z. On social media, his TikTok feed blends humour, Bible stories, and reflections on modern spirituality. He believes young people aren’t turning away from faith but looking for meaning.
He commented: “Essentially Gen Z are on the lookout for someone or something to fill that gap. Personally, I believe that without having faith or religion in your life, you’ve a hole in your heart – and also you’re attempting to fill it with the drink and the smoking and the lust.
“God for me, was the reply, and faith was the reply. And I believe that is all it’s. People feel lost easily nowadays, but actually religion itself is so accessible to everyone.”
Clark wants churches to bridge the divide between traditional institutions and digital culture: “If you ought to reach Gen Z, make an Instagram or Tik Tok account because that is where you are going to search out them. You can easily explain all of those misconceptions that folks have of the church in a single easy video.
“People feel like they can not come to the church, that they are not loved. But that’s completely fallacious – for me probably the greatest things about churches is the community.
“They [Gen Z] must have the prospect to ask the questions they need to ask, and to search out out the data they need. And probably the greatest ways for the church to do that will be to go on social media, because although it could actually be a scary place, it could actually even be an important place where people can learn. I learn from it.”
