Bishop Eric McClellan was born in Waycross, Georgia, where he was raised by his father, Sam McClellan.  His father, a disciplinary and devoted dad, gave him the tools that tempered his talents into a man of organization and order.  

Bishop McClellan left home to live on his own at an early age. After moving, he soon became heavily addicted to drugs and consumed by a lifestyle of promiscuity and perversion.

After years of wandering, at the age of 19, “strung out” on cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs, he surrendered his life to Jesus.   His Pastor, Reverend Ted Miller, parented him in his faith to prepare him for his first pastorate and what would be his destiny. Then at the age of twenty, Bishop heard God’s call to preach and began serving as youth pastor at an Assembly of God church in Waycross, Georgia.  At age 22,  he accepted his first pastorate at First Assembly of God Church in Folkston, Georgia, and received pastoral credentials with the Assemblies of God.  During the next several years, he served as Senior Pastor at several Assembly of God churches in Georgia until finally personally meeting a man who would forever change the course of his ministry.  

In 2001, Bishop T. D. Jakes’ words pulled his mind out of the traditional thinking of denominational confines to grasp the totality of who he is in Christ and who Christ is in him.   Joining PHIPA (Potter’s House International Pastoral Alliance), Bishop McClellan became a spiritual son of Bishop Jakes.  As the spiritual DNA of his spiritual dad flows with purpose into the veins of his faith, he now experiences a greater depth of wisdom and anointing.  

Seeing the need to sit and learn about fatherly apostolic covering, at the end of 200l, he moved from Georgia to Dallas, to become a member of The Potter’s House Church, where he served as an elder in the ministry.   As  he spent two years learning at the feet of his spiritual father, he gained a fresh perspective on thriving ministry as opposed to surviving ministry.  Armed with these principles and led by the Holy Spirit, in 2004 he founded The Mercy Seat Church, a non-denominational, multi-cultural church in Fort Worth.

Throughout Bishop McClellan’s ministry, he has experienced many defining moments: being ordained as a Bishop of the Mercy Seat Ministerial Fellowship in 2004, appearing on TBN’s Praise the Lord program, preaching crusades in foreign countries,  fellowshipping with generals of the faith, pastoring people of purpose,  fighting  prevailing conflicts, always standing on Biblical principles.  In all these, the Kingdom of God has been advanced in purpose and in power.

Bishop McClellan has a passion for leading others into a saving, growing relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.  He is a man with a vision for today’s time, one that defies the doctrines of man and seeks to glorify God alone.  He preaches with fervor and wisdom; he lives with integrity and character.

He and his wife Felicia have two children—Monte and Ericka. They currently reside in Fort Worth, Texas, where his time is devoted to preaching crusades, pastoring, evangelizing, teaching, and writing.