Teri Maxwell

Teri in December of 2018

### Children

Nathan Maxwell, Christopher Maxwell, Sarah Bollinger, Joseph Maxwell, John Maxwell, Anna Maxwell, Jesse Maxwell, and Mary Hock

### Grandchildren

Abigail Maxwell, Bethany Maxwell, Joshua Maxwell, Christina Maxwell, Ruthanne Maxwell, Drew Maxwell, Lydia Maxwell, Calia Maxwell, Daniel Maxwell, Benjamin Maxwell, Elizabeth Maxwell, Kyle Maxwell, Axton Maxwell, Deborah Maxwell, Simon Maxwell, Caleb Maxwell, Elliot Maxwell, Madeline Maxwell

Teri Maxwell is the wife of Steve Maxwell. She is the mother of Nathan, Christopher, Joseph, John, Anna, and Jesse Maxwell, Sarah Bollinger, and Mary Hock. She is the grandmother of Abigail, Bethany, Joshua, Christina, Ruthanne, Drew, Lydia, Calia, Daniel, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Kyle, Axton, Deborah, Simon, Caleb, Elliot, and Madeline Maxwell.

## Early Life

Teri was born on August 17, 1955.

 Because Teri's father was in the military, she moved around a lot as a child.

## Family

### Marriage

Teri married Steve Maxwell on August 17, 1974, in Missouri. In December of 1975, she and her husband became Christians.

### Motherhood

Teri and Steve had three children early in their marriage: Nathan (12/5/76), Christopher (5/5/79), and Sarah (1/19/82).

#### Reversal Babies

In 1984, due to Teri's depression and struggles to keep up with her children, her husband had a vasectomy. After much prayer and Bible study, he came to the conclusion that this decision was sinful, and he had is vasectomy reversed.

After reversing this vasectomy, Teri went on to have five more children: Joseph (4/24/89), John (1/13/91), Anna (10/31/92), Jesse (9/18/94), and Mary (8/21/96). They often refer to these children as their "reversal babies".

### Grandchildren

On January 26, 2002, Teri's son Nathan married Melanie Maher. They have six living children and one deceased child: Susannah (b. 3/21/07; d.3/24/07), Abigail "Abby" Hope (5/18/08), Bethany Faith (8/15/10), Christina "Tina" Mercy (6/15/12), Andrew "Drew" James (7/5/14), Benjamin Steven (2/21/17), and Deborah Carol (5/13/19).

On October 23, 2010, Teri's son Christopher married Anna Marie Hamilton. They have six children: Joshua Christopher (6/2/12), Ruthanne Elizabeth (2/18/14), Lydia Joy (3/23/15), Daniel Titus (7/5/16), Elizabeth Grace (2/23/18), and Simon Peter (1/18/20).

On September 6, 2014, Teri's son Joseph married Elissa Frost. They have three children: Calia Grace (10/4/15), Kyle Jeremiah (3/1/18), and Caleb Alexander (1/25/20).

On December 30, 2017, Teri's son John married Chelsy Bontrager. They have three children: Axton John (1/26/19), Elliot Rex (6/19/20), and Madeline Sue (7/9/21).

## Career

### Titus2

On January 19, 1999, Teri's first book, *Managers of Their Homes*, was published. At her husband's urging, she wrote this book as a way to help other moms who had asked for her advice on managing a home. This book led to a family ministry called Titus2.

In January of 2000, the family went on their first ministry trip. This soon expanded into regular conferences.

By 2006, the ministry, which Teri and her family run out of their home, was growing too big to fit in the space available, so the family began building a new house. In 2009, they completed construction on a larger house with a basement built to accommodate this ministry.

Teri has now written 10 books for Titus 2: *Managers of Their Homes, Managers of Their Chores* (with Steve), *Managers of Their Schools* (with Steve), *Homeschooling With a Meek & Quiet Spirit*, *Keeping Our Children's Hearts*, *Making Great Conversationalists*, *Buying a House Debt-Free*, *Sweet Journey, Sweet Relationships* , and *Just Around the Corner.*

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## References

1. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2015/08/17/happy-60th-birthday-mom/
2. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/05/09/happy-mothers-day/
3. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/08/17/happy-birthday-mom-and-happy-anniversary-dad-and-mom/
4. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2009/08/17/happy-35th-anniversary/
5. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/08/07/happy-birthday-dad-7/
6. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/12/05/happy-40th-birthday-to-my-big-brother/
7. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/05/05/happy-birthday-christopher/
8. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/01/19/happy-28th-birthday-sarah/
9. ↑ http://articles.titus2.com/we-ve-reversed-a-bad-decision/
10. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2006/10/31/the-blessing-of-reversal-babies/
11. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/04/24/happy-25th-birthday-joseph/
12. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/01/13/happy-birthday-john/
13. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/10/31/happy-24th-birthday-anna/
14. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/09/18/happy-22nd-birthday-jesse/
15. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/08/21/happy-21st-birthday-mary/
16. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/01/26/happy-15th-anniversary-nathan-and-melanie/
17. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2008/05/18/babymax10-shes-here/
18. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/08/14/shes-here/
19. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2012/06/15/christina-mercy-maxwell/
20. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/07/05/andrew-james-is-his-name/
21. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/02/22/announcing-benjamin-steven-maxwell/
22. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2019/05/13/we-have-news/
23. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/10/22/watching-the-wedding-via-live-stream/
24. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2012/06/02/joshua-christopher-maxwell/
25. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/02/19/ruthanne-elizabeth-our-beautiful-gift-from-god/
26. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2015/03/24/lydia-joy-maxwell/
27. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/07/05/daniel-titus-maxwell/
28. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/07/21/annual-childrens-photos/
29. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2020/01/20/simon-peter-maxwell/
30. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/09/26/joseph-and-elissa-maxwell-wedding-pictures-part-1/
31. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2015/10/05/calia-grace-maxwell/
32. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2018/03/02/welcome-kyle-jeremiah-maxwell/
33. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2020/01/25/announcing-caleb-alexander-maxwell/
34. ↑ http://bontragersingers.blogspot.com/2017/12/john-chelsys-wedding-livestream.html
35. ↑ http://www.chelsyrenee.com/2019/01/our-baby-has-arrived.html
36. ↑ http://www.chelsyrenee.com/2020/06/and-baby-makes-four.html
37. ↑ http://www.chelsyrenee.com/2021/07/our-baby-is-here.html
38. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/01/31/celebrating-15-years-with-titus2/
39. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2009/03/26/our-house-building-history/