Wayne was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He accepted Jesus as his savior at the age of 16. He graduated from Mississippi State with a degree in education.

Wayne accepted a coaching job in Lexington, Mississippi; and this is where he learned about a walk with the Lord through the teaching and preaching of the Word. A few years later, Wayne was called to preach and over the next twenty years pastored two churches in a bi-vocational roles. The Lord used the death of their son, Jordan, to greatly change his life. Wayne learned about the sufficiency of God's grace in difficulty and how faithful and trustworthy God is. As a result, when the Lord called Wayne and Tina to move to Ely, Nevada, where he would pastor First Baptist Church, he knew that out of obedience to his faithful God they must go. During the first year there, the Lord began to develop the Complete in Christ ministry. Also during this year, He gave Wayne an even greater passion for His Word and a burning desire to share it. Therefore, the couple moved back to a home-base in Mississippi.