Bobby Spurling earned a Bachelor’s degree in religious Studies from Maryville College in Maryville, TN in 2006 and a Master’s of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY in 2010. His wife Lee comes from generations of Cumberland Presbyterian ministers including her father Jerry Scott and his father Lee Scott, who taught at Bethel College. They have two children eleven-year-old Jerry and eight-year-old John. They have lived in Hopkinsville, KY since 2014 where Bobby serves as the minister at the Hopkinsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church as well as Lester Memorial Presbyterian Church. Prior to moving to Kentucky, Bobby served churches in East Tennessee Presbytery. Bobby has a love for Jesus, the Bible, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.