[4] Kerns attended Randolph-Macon Academy military boarding school in Virginia,[5] then received a BA in Theology from Concordia University Chicago in 2009[1] and an MA in Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 2013.

[2] Kerns has been a guest pastor ten times on KFUO radio.

[7] He has served as chaplain of the fire department in Vaughn, Montana,[8] and the pastor of a church near Lincoln, Kansas.

[1] During the 2021 legislative session, Kerns served on the Taxation, Education, and Local Government Committees.

[10] Kerns resigned from the Montana House in June 2024 in order to move to Pennsylvania to become the pastor of a Lutheran congregation there.