Stateside Staff
Steve DeLisle, Missions Team Coordinator.
Steve DeLisle serves as the Ministry Team Coordinator for Heart
to Honduras. He is responsible for scheduling, planning and
overseeing the 50+ ministry teams sent to Central America
each year. In 2008 Steve will also be working to help oversee the
Sister Church Program. Steve’s association with Heart to Honduras
began when he took the church he was pastoring on a team trip. On
that trip the Eaton, IN congregation established one of the original
Sister relationships with the congregation at Rio Lindo. Over the
years Steve has helped promote and guide the SCOPE program
and been a strong advocate for Heart to Honduras. Steve’s love for
missions is no new thing family has served the Kingdom of God for three
generations as pastors and missionaries within the Church of God (Anderson) movement Steve was born
in Kenya, East Africa while his parents served there. He grew up on a cattle ranch in Nebraska before
attending Anderson University. Steve moved to Denver Colorado in 1988 and attended Gordon Garrett’s
church. Gordon was instrumental in encouraging him to follow his call into ministry. Steve graduated from
Anderson University School of Theology with a Masters of Divinity in 1992. That same year Steve married
Susan Rice of Winchester, KY. Together they moved to Jamestown, NY to pastor the Busti Church of God
for 3 years. In 1995 Steve became the senior pastor at the First Church of God in Hickory, NC. Both their
children, Ben and Kelly were born in the 5 years they lived in Hickory. In 2000 the family moved to Eaton, IN
where Steve pastored till the fall of 2007. Steve enjoys many diverse hobbies from gardening to bike riding.
He is a sports fan of, NASCAR, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and the Indianapolis Colts. He spends a lot of
his free time following his son in Boy Scouts and football and his daughter in her dance and music pursuits.
The family is excited to be joining the Heart to Honduras family. Susan will be starting to work for the
ministry in 2008 as the Administrative Assistant to the President.
