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Steve Phelps was born on January 26, 1955 in
Gainesville, Texas to Ray & Peggy Phelps. He has two older bothers,
Dennis and Kenny, both presently living in Texas. He graduated GHS
in 1973 where he won the Drama award and was a two year letterman in
football and track. On May 18, 1974 he married Sherry Brown. They lived
in Gainesville and Kilgore, Texas until he joined the US Army in 1977.
After serving three years in the Green
Berets Steve and Sherry moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Then after a year of
college they moved back to Gainesville where he worked in the oil
fields.
In 1982 they left hot & muggy Gainesville for Anchorage, Alaska. There Drew (1983) and Cameron (1985) joined Rashelle (1979) and Dustin (1982) as the Phelps' kids. Steve was working as the manager of a fine art frame shop in Anchorage when God called him into full time ministry. He served as youth pastor for the Oceanview Community Church. It was in Alaska Steve began cartooning for magazines. He has been published in almost every major periodical in the USA, including, Better Homes & Gardens, TV Guide, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, National Enquirer, Leadership, Christianity Today and hundreds more. InterVarsity Press published a collection of his cartoons in 1994 called "All God's Children Got Gum In Their Hair!". In 1989 Steve and his young family left Alaska for Sunny California (Santa Maria). Steve was united with his former Pastor (Steve McCoy) and began a new youth group for the First Church of God. In 1990 Steve & Sherry accepted the call to be senior pastors for Edmonds Church of God just north of Seattle. Their experience there was tremendous and they made many friends as they served for the next five years in the Pacific Northwest. In 1995 they moved to Sherry's home town and became the pastors of First Church of God in Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Tulsa). In November 1998 Steve planted theROCKchurch. While church planting certainly is challenging, it has been his great pleasure to pastor a wonderful church family ... the ROCK! Steve is a therapist at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic in Tulsa. Steve graduated from Mid America Christian University with a BS in Pastoral Ministries. He also attended and received credits from Texas Central College, Tulsa Community College, Baylor University, and Pugent Sound Christian College. He has a Master's in Theology and another Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy from Southern Nazarene University. Steve loves his wife and is proud of his kids. Especially his daughter, Rashelle, who along with her husband, Jeromy Walsh, made him a "poppy" (granddaddy) in December 2001 and again in April 2005. Nikki and Mikayla are the delight of her granddaddies' eyes! Dustin is an accomplished musician and mixed martial arts fighter. Drew, a good musician in his own right, is a Sergeant stationed with the 82nd Airborne serving in Afghanistan. Cameron lives at home with us. He is our resident gaming pro.;) In 2000 Steve and Sherry purchased a new home in Bixby (just south of Tulsa) and he still pastors theROCKchurch along with working as a therapist and skydiving instructor. Steve has many hobbies that are ... shall we say adventurous; skydiving, scuba diving and Harley riding. Steve tried to "settle down"; be a normal pastor, you know, play golf, and not participate in extreme sports, but let's say the wilder side won out. He holds an expert license (D-26782) in skydiving, he is a Accelerated FreeFall Instructor, Tandem Instructor, IAD Instructor, USPA Coach, and videographer for Skydive Airtight. He holds an Advanced Open Water certificate in SCUBA diving. His every day vehicle is a 1993 Harley Davidson Fat Boy or a 1981 Corvette. So much for normal!
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