Pastor Ed Stepp is a graduate of Gateway Seminary with a Masters in Theological Studies and holds a Bachelors in Organizational Management and Christian Leadership from Colorado Christian University. Pastor Ed has served churches in Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado. His ministry career began when he was only eighteen as a minister of music. In 1975 he began an undergraduate degree in music from Missouri Southern State University but did not complete that degree. Pastor Ed has held church staff positions as music director, youth pastor, associate pastor and since 2009 has served as lead Pastor and has always served in SBC churches. Pastor Ed is married to his wife Lori, and they have four children and three grandchildren.