Jerry and Shelley grew up at Steelville First Assembly of God and returned as Pastors in 2000. Before coming to Steelville, Jerry taught music in public schools, then in 1996 entered full time ministry. Shelley is recently retired from teaching music at Steelville Elementary and is now an author of her own book series. They enjoy being parents to their four children.
Pastor Ben and Jessica joined us in December of 2020. They have a passion to see hurting and broken people come to Jesus; especially the students of Steelville. They have been happily married since 2016 and are proud parents of four kids. Ben is also an avid car enthusiast.
Pastor Austin and Hollie are passionate about seeing children come to know Christ and teaching them how to grow into fully devoted followers of Jesus. They work hard to provide a fun, safe, and engaging environment for all children! They are the proud parents of their daughter.
Sandy has served as our church secretary since 2005. She is great at keeping the many moving parts of our church organized. Her husband Bill serves as a deacon at our church, and he also works at Steelville Manufacturing. They are enjoying being parents, grandparents, and great grandparents.
Justin and Barbara are passionate about people coming to know Jesus, and Justin is gifted in all things tech. He manages the church’s service production and also serves as a Royal Ranger leader. Justin and his wife Barbara have been happily married since 2002 and are the proud parents of two boys.
The Old and New Testament are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has revealed Himself as a part of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His sacrifice, His resurrection from the dead, and His exaltation to the right hand of God.
Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." However, man chose sin over God and fell, thereby incurring not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
Man's only hope of redemption is the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Salvation is received only with repentance toward God, and the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is evidenced by a life of righteousness and true holiness.
The ordinance of baptism in water is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe in Christ as the Savior are to be baptized.
The ordinance of Communion is a symbol of remembrance for Jesus' suffering and death, and his second-coming.
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service.
The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God and is realized in believers by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection and by offering every part of themselves to the dominion of the Holy Spirit
The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the Church.
A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church in evangelizing the world, worshiping God, building a body of saints who are becoming like Christ, and meeting human needs with ministries of love and compassion.
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers
The resurrection of those believers who have passed away and the translation together with those who are alive and remain believers unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church.
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of nation Israel, and the establishment of universal peace.
There will be a final judgement in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
We, one day, will inhabit the newly restored heavens and earth after God wins the ultimate victory over death and Satan, and we will dwell in the restored land with God forever.