Kirk Lashley is a native Virginia who currently resides in Roanoke, Virginia. He is a graduate of Bluefield College, the University of Richmond, Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas and Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. He is now retired after serving as a pastor, campus minister, college professor and denominational executive. He is married to Barbara Norman Lashley, an accomplished artist, and they have three grown children.