F. Wayne Mac Leod was born in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada and received his education at Ontario Bible College, University of Waterloo and Ontario Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Hespeler Baptist Church in Cambridge, Ontario in 1991. He and his wife Diane served as missionaries with the Africa Evangelical Fellowship on the islands of Mauritius and Reunion in the Indian Ocean from 1985-1993 where Wayne was involved in a ministry of church development and leadership training. He is presently involved in a writing and distribution ministry and is a member of Action International Ministries.