Dave A. McFarlane is ordained to the Ministry and has accumulated over 24 years of pastoral and ministerial experience. He currently resides in Mandeville, Jamaica but is a native of Mango Valley, St Mary. He attended the Ramble All Age School and St Mary High School. In 1993 he matriculated into the Ministerial program at Northern Caribbean University (then West Indies College). He graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion and Theology (with a Minor in Biblical Languages); and later that year he earned an Associate Degree in Business Administration. A few years later he completed the Course Work for the Master of Arts Degree in Theology (New Testament Studies) at NCU but since but did not submit a Thesis for the same to complete the degree. In recent times Dave has done studies in the field of Business Administration earning an MBA degree (with Distinction) from Singapore Business School and an MBA in General Management –MBAGM from Guglielmo Marconi University in Italy. In September of 2023 he graduated from the GAMBIT Business School with a Doctor of Business Administration degree (DBA). he currently matriculates into the PhD in Theology program at TIMFA Christian University.