Biographical Information . . .

Steve and Martha Anderson - BWM

Steve Anderson was born and raised in the Flint, Michigan area. He married Martha Cook in 1972, and they now have three grown children: Rebecca [with husband Glenn Donnelly and two wonderful grandchildren], Sarah, and Ben. The Andersons spent three terms as missionaries in Togo, West Africa, from 1979 until 1991. In 1991 they took a leave of absence to get their children through college. During this hiatus in the states, Steve was 7 years on staff as the Music and Discipleship Pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Davison, Michigan. He and Martha both taught in Faith Baptist Schools during that period – he, part-time [Choirs, Bible, H.S. French] and her, full-time [1st grade]. Additionally, he served on the Board of Flint Crisis Pregnancy Services for 10 years. Steve and Martha joined Baptist World Mission of Decatur, Alabama in 1997 as Furlough-Replacement church planters*, serving anywhere in the Baptist World Mission family, which includes currently 53 countries. In April of 2002, Steve was appointed as BWM’s Field Director for Africa. They currently serve in both of these capacities. They have lived and ministered in, of course, Togo, as well as Quebec, New Zealand (three times), Italy and Kenya. Steve is currently pursuing a doctorate at Northland Baptist Bible College in Dunbar, Wisconsin and is an RN, graduating from Hurley Medical Center in 1974. Martha is a 1972 graduate of Eastern Michigan University.

Above is a simple biographical sketch. Below is the fleshed out “children” portion:

Our oldest, Becky, is 34 and is married to Glenn Donnelly. They both went through pre-med together at BJU, graduating in 1996. Glenn is a physician, currently paying the U.S. Air Force back for putting him through med school. They have lived in Dayton, OH, Abilene, TX, San Antonio, TX and last year (July, 2007) they moved to Shreveport, Louisiana for serving at Barksdale AFB. They have our two GRANDchildren, Kathryn (7) and Wyatt (1)! J
Our second daughter, Sarah (31), graduated from Maranatha BBC in 1999 and is in her 9th year of teaching 2nd Grade at Faith Baptist Schools in Davison. She lives in Grand Blanc, MI and will be married on June 7, 2008 to Mr. Scott Hose!
Our son, Ben (29), graduated from Northland BBC in 2000 and then with a Masters in 2003. He currently lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. He works with Spectracide as a marketer, covering over 20 Home Depot and Lowes stores between Iron Mountain, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.