Steven Paul King was born December 4, 1960 in Mesa, AZ to the proud parents of Leona Juanita and Donald Ray King.  Steven graduated High school in Chandler, AZ in 1978 and worked in the building industry until he entered the Air Force in December of 1979.  As an electronic repair technician specializing in Laser targeting, Infrared and Terrain Following Radar systems Steven has been assigned to bases in Korea, North Carolina, Nevada, Alaska and New Jersey.  In 1990 he was called to serve in the Middle East during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  Before retiring in 2007, he served a total of four times in the Middle East.  Steven retired with an Honorable discharge as a Senior Master Sergeant (E-8) from the Air Force in December 2007 after serving 28 years.  Military decorations include two Meritorious Service Medals, three Commendation Medals, two Achievement Medals and the Humanitarian Service Medal.

     Pastor Steve met Terry Jeanine Palmer in the fall of 1982 while stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC and they married in November of 1983.  They have two daughters, Krystle King Raynor an Elementary Education teacher who is married to Paul Franklin Raynor and Leanna Marie King an Art major with a concentration in Graphic design at The University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

     Beginning in 1985, Steven began his undergraduate education while working part time and completed his Associates of Applied Science degree in 1992 and graduated from Wayland Baptist University, Anchorage, Alaska campus, in 1995.  Having sensed a called to ministry at an early age, he responded to God’s call in 1998 and began Seminary education that fall.  Working part-time he completed 22 of the 30 required classes before retiring in 2007.  Upon retirement from the Air Force, he attended and completed the final requirements in May 2008 for a Masters of Divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. 

     Upon graduation, Steven was assigned to a two parish internship at Augsburg Lutheran church in Winston-Salem, NC and the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Greensboro, NC.  Upon completion of his internship, Steven was called to Bethel Evangelical Lutheran church, Lincolnton, NC in March 2010.  Upon receiving his first call, he was Ordained in March 2010.