Born in 1972, Clayton was adopted at 3 weeks old and raised in a Christian home in Fountain Inn, SC by Joe and Jane King. He grew up in the country and learned the value of honesty, hard work, and keeping your word. His parents were Southern Baptist, he attended a Presbyterian Christian school, and his grandfather was Pentecostal. He had an interesting perspective on God and church from a very young age, as you can imagine! God saved him when he was 14 years old and the same night he was saved he felt God call him into the ministry. He surrendered to that call and has preached to almost 2 million people in 25 countries and 45 states. Clayton is the founder of Crossroads Worldwide, a comprehensive discipleship and evangelism ministry. Clayton is married to Charie and they have two boys Jacob and Joseph.