In addition to serving as BCC’s Director of Local and Global Outreach, Steven also works part-time leading local efforts with World Relief, helping to establish an office for refugee resettlement in Whatcom County.
HOMETOWN
Rochester, Washington
EDUCATION
B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Western Washington University
M.A. in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Wheaton College
Currently an MDiv student at Regent College, Vancouver
LIFE MOTTO
Más café, por favor.
ABOUT ME
The first 18 years of my life I grew up in a tiny town in southwest Washington, which probably explains why I’ve spent much of the rest of my life studying other languages, living in other countries and spending time with folks from other cultures.
Seeing Christ at work in the lives of people around the world is an incredible blessing. I’m lucky to be married to Joelle, who shares that passion, and to have four kids who do amazingly well on long plane trips.
INTERESTS
I’m fascinated by the ways in which God is revealed in and through different cultures. I also love spending time with my family, being outdoors and learning about languages (including English).
FAVORITE MUSIC
U2, Future of Forestry, The Gray Havens, Johnnyswim
FAVORITE MOVIES
Napoleon Dynamite, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Lord of the Rings trilogy
FAVORITE TV
Original Star Trek. As in Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Bones, etc. What a hoot.
FAVORITE BOOKS
Basically anything by Tolkien, C.S. Lewis or Tim Keller. I also have a soft spot for both history and survival stories.
I’D LIKE TO MEET
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Ernest Shackleton--two leaders who faced unimaginable challenges and yet stood firm and did what they had to do.
SUPERHERO POWER
I would love to have the power of speed reading. That’s a superhero power, isn’t it? Oh, and bo-staff skills.