Steve Austin

Adult Discipleship Director - Steve, a graduate of Virginia Tech, was a structural R&D engineer for the Navy for a number of years before trusting Christ at the age of 27. In a matter of months God called Steve to quit his job as an engineer and go into full-time ministry. After graduating from Capital Bible Seminary, God then called Steve to begin the ministry of the Chantilly Bible Church in Northern Virginia where he was the lead pastor for more than 37 years. In 2013, Steve and Shirley, his wife of almost 55 years and the mother of their two grown sons, moved to family land in Palmyra and first attended CCFluvanna soon after. These visits were cut short during Shirley’s prolonged terminal illness. Beginning in 2021 God gave Steve the privilege of ministering to his new church family. After a couple of years of ministering at CCF, God made it clear to Steve that, like He did to Adam in Genesis 2, that it was "not good for him to be alone". So God supernaturally brought Patty into his life to be his helpmate, both personally and in the ministry.