Rev. Bobby Bentley was born in Huntsville, Alabama. The middle child of three boys, he graduated Sparkman High School in 1985.
In 1986 Bobby moved to Cullman, Alabama and went into the wholesale grocery supply industry where he served grocery customers across the North Alabama area.
On September the 4, 1988, Bobby gave his life to Christ and was radically changed. He began attending Mt. Olive First Congregational Methodist Church in Cullman.
Four months later he met Angie Sams. Eighteen days after they met, he and Angie were engaged and they married a little over a year later in February of 1990.
In August of that year Bobby heard the voice of the Lord and the Lord said preach! After four months of wrestling with the Lord, Bobby surrendered to the call of ministry.
Bobby pastored his first church in September of 1992 and has been a pastor now for over 30 years. He has pastored churches in Tennesee, Alabama and Georgia.
Bobby has served in a number of different ministries over the years. These include the Reallife Crisis Pregnancy Center, FCM Education Board, Albertville Ministerial Fellowship, Step Forward Global Ministries, Taylor County Campmeeting, Division of Church Ministries Board of Directors and others.
Bobby has shared the Gospel in Mexico, Belize, Haiti and Lebanon and at Ohio Christian University.
He and Angie are the parents of three children. Nathan, Justin
(Haley) and Madison (Craig) and a grandaughter Briella. Their oldest son Nathan is special needs having been diagnosed with Autism as
a child.