Pastor Antonio Clinkscales is a native of South Carolina and a 1993 graduate of South Caroline State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a 2005 graduate of Virginia Union University, Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology with a master’s in Theology. After serving 12 decorated years in the federal government with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, as a Budget Analyst, pastor Clinkscales pursued ministry full-time and entered his second career with Caroline Public Schools as a Student Support Specialist; serving at the primary and secondary levels the last 14 years. In addition to being an educator, pastor Clinkscales have served the State of Virginia at many ministry levels including the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Virginia, several churches, and currently within he and his wife’s ministry, Narrow Way Ministry. In 2019, pastor Clinkscales journeyed even further by faith of utilizing his gifting to establish a mental health counseling company, Life Way Services, to meet the immediate needs of citizens in Caroline County, Virginia where he and his staff infuse the spiritual with clinical principles as a method to wholeness.