Stephen is the son of former missionaries to Congo, Africa. In 1964, his family was held under house arrest by rebels and subsequently rescued by American mercenaries. Upon return to the US the family resettled in Stephen’s father’s hometown, Quakertown, PA.

Stephen is a trained aircraft mechanic, has an Associates from Pinebrook Jr. College, and his Bachelors from Philadelphia Biblical University. He was a missionary on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe for 3 years and started a church in Hellertown, Pa with the “Bible Fellowship” churches in the tristate region. In between his work for the Lord,  Stephen has worked for Culligan Water Conditioning for a total of 20 years doing residential and commercial water treatment. Stephen and his wife Judy moved to Florida in 2012 and assumed the pastorate of First Christian Church in January of 2015.