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Steve was theologically solid, a gifted speaker, and popular in his growing congregation. Steve started dating in high school. His junior year, his parents switched him to a Christian high school. He was serious about his faith, about responsible dating, and about going into the ministry. He dated through his years at Cornerstone University and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, then through his pastoral internship and his handful of years as a youth pastor.
The ratio of Christian men to women has been disproportionate ever since the days of the early church, when women likely made up about two-thirds of the believers. Today, women make up 55 percent of American evangelical Protestants. Steve DeWitt was looking for someone like thatβand on paper, the odds were in his favor.
When Steve was a year-old single youth pastor, nobody at College Park Church in Indianapolis thought he was weird. But by the time he became the senior pastor at Bethel Church in Crown Point, he was still single at When Bethel called Steve as pastor in , he was not only a committed Christian but stood up in front of members every week and displayed this commitment.
