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Steve Martin
Steve Martin has enjoyed ministry on the Kansas regional staff since 1997 when he began as the Camp Administrator and as SE District Minister. A graduate of Brite Divinity School (TCU), Steve’s prior ministry in Kansas was at First Christian, Topeka as associate minister for thirteen years.
The Martin family includes wife, Debby, a long-term middle-school reading teacher. She sees middle-school as “extreme teaching”. Three adult children include Sean who is a film editor in NY City; Alan is a senior at Pitt State, studying to teach middle-school math; and Amanda, a music student at Drury University in Springfield, MO. Pets are Billie, a labradoodle, and two cats: Smokey & Fitzie.
Among Steve’s favorite things are camping (duh!!), and hiking, and water (lakes, the ocean, etc.), and good food. A favorite verse is “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46). Also, favored common wisdom is “Go with the flow – trust the process!”
When asked why ministry in Kansas, the immediate response is to serve God in ways which increases the church’s faithfulness in calling individuals to become faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Paul’s admonition to the Ephesians, “… to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…” (4:12) is the single verse which defines my understanding of ministry.