Kevin Shannon Bearly majored in Police Science at Pasadena Community College before serving as a United States Naval Communications Technician for the National Security Agency in the Phillipine Islands during the Vietnam War. He then attended California Polytechnic University until entering the Police Academy in 1973. He received his B.S. in Christian Leadership from Azusa Pacific University.

Before being medically retired from the police department, he was assigned to uniform patrol out of 77th St. division in the Watts area of South L.A., and the skid row area of Central division in the downtown area. After his early retirement, he entered the ministry, his true vocation and first love. His police background enabled him to understand and work effectively with drug abusers and criminal offenders of all types.

In 1977 he, along with two ex-convicts, began a prison ministry which grew to involve nine county jail and state prison institutions. This work soon expanded to include service as a police chaplain.

Mr. Bearly left his position as a minister to join the staff of a well-known conservative educational organization and magazine in 1989.

In July of 1997, Mr. Bearly helped found The Welch Foundation, a non-profit educational organization where he works part-time and serves as Associate Director and host of The Welch Report Radio Program.

In March of 2001 he celebrated twenty-eight years of marriage to his wife Ellen. He has two children-Elisa and Eric.