Dr. Kirby Clements Sr. has authored more than 15 books and hundreds of papers dealing with spiritual and practical issues of the Christian faith. Ordained as a bishop in 1999 by the late Archbishop Earl Paulk, he has connected churches and ministries throughout the world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. During his early years of ministry, he and his wife, Sandra, became the first African Americans to be invited to address the inaugural corporate gathering of different racial groups in South Africa during the apartheid regime. He continues to provide wisdom and counsel to ministries today through the International Connection of Ministries, and the International Communion of Charismatic Churches. By trade, Dr. Clements is a prosthodontist who graduated with honors from Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry. His dental practice is in Decatur, Georgia, where he lives with his family.