He is known as a respected preacher, teacher and leader in Greater Syracuse and Central New York. Bishop McClain is an anointed vessel that has been used mightily by God over the years. Individuals have been healed and delivered from sicknesses, diseases, and infirmities.  He has been referred to as a “demon buster” for the many people that have sought him out to be free from demonic activity. He has encouraged and been a blessing to many through powerful words of knowledge from the Lord. He was baptized in the Holy Spirit in September of 1969 during a revival that was being conducted by Evangelist Mattie Campbell, at the age of fifteen. He was trained and nurtured as a junior deacon and eventually a minister, under the leadership of his pastor and mentor, the late Reverend Alfonso Campbell. Pastor Arthur Lee Johnson ordained him an Elder in 1974.  During that time, he was a part of an evangelistic team that conducted revival meetings from New Jersey to Florida.  On February 15, 1978 he was called into the Pastorate position. His spiritual development has been influenced by; a husband and wife team, the late Elder Louis and Janetta Kerse, Elder McGriff, Apostle Billy Clay, Pastor Walter C. Blue, Mother Davis, Mother Ollie Brantley, Pastor E. Fussell, Evangelist Inez Matthews, Evangelist Earnest Angly and the late A. A. Allen.  He was ordained as a Bishop in August 2004 by Bishop J. Charles Carrington Jr.