Steve Maxwell

Steve 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

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

## Early Life

Steven Maxwell was born on August 7, 1951.

At some time when he was a teenager, his parents got divorced.

## Family

### Marriage

Steve married Teri on August 17, 1974, in Missouri. In December of 1975, he and his wife became Christians.

### Fatherhood

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

#### Vasectomy and Reversal Babies

In 1984, due to Teri's depression and their struggles to keep up with their children, Steve had a vasectomy. In 1985, he began to feel wrong in this decision, and began praying about it. After prayer and Bible reading, Steve came to the decision that it was sinful to limit the number of children he had. In 1988, he had the vasectomy reversed.

After reversing his vasectomy, Steve and 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, Steve'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, Steve'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, Steve'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, Steve'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, Steve published his first book, *Managers of Their Homes*. This book was primarily written by his wife Teri, with Steve assisting. This book grew into a ministry called Titus2.

 In January of 2000, the first ministry trip took place. The family quickly began holding conferences.

By 2006, the ministry, which Steve and his 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.

 He has now written 9 books for Titus2: Managers of Their Homes (with Teri), Managers of Their Chores (with Teri), Managers of Their Schools (with Teri), Redeeming the Time (with Teri), Keeping Our Children's Hearts (with Teri), Making Great Conversationalists, Buying a House Debt-Free: Equipping Your Son (with Teri), and Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single-Income Family, Just Around the Corner (with Teri).

He has also recored 12 CDs for Titus2.

*profile photo credit*

## References

1. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/08/08/dads-65th/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://blog.titus2.com/2017/08/07/happy-birthday-dad-7/
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/2016/12/05/happy-40th-birthday-to-my-big-brother/
6. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/05/05/happy-birthday-christopher/
7. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2010/01/19/happy-28th-birthday-sarah/
8. ↑ http://articles.titus2.com/we-ve-reversed-a-bad-decision/
9. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2006/10/31/the-blessing-of-reversal-babies/
10. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2014/04/24/happy-25th-birthday-joseph/
11. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/01/13/happy-birthday-john/
12. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/10/31/happy-24th-birthday-anna/
13. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2016/09/18/happy-22nd-birthday-jesse/
14. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/08/21/happy-21st-birthday-mary/
15. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/01/26/happy-15th-anniversary-nathan-and-melanie/
16. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2017/03/21/susannahs-10th-birthday/
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. ↑ 38.0 38.1 https://blog.titus2.com/2014/01/31/celebrating-15-years-with-titus2/
39. ↑ https://blog.titus2.com/2009/03/26/our-house-building-history/
40. ↑ http://www.titus2.com/products.html
41. ↑ http://www.titus2.com/products.html?p=2