Steven Voelker was raised in southern Indiana until his teens when his father was relocated as Lutheran School teacher to Woodburn, Indiana. Steve graduated from Woodlan High and Indiana University, Fort Wayne with a business degree. He worked in Woodburn and Fort Wayne during his business career in sales and management. Steve married Linda Nartker and they raised their three children in the Woodburn community. Their children are Michael Voelker who resides in New Haven; Emily Miller who resides in Indianapolis with husband Nathan and children, Aiden, Kylani and Mira; and Brittany who resides in Holland, Michigan with her husband Andrew and their two children, Rylee and Avaleigh. Steve was led by the Lord to pursue the holy ministry and began his studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in 2003. He was blessed to serve a dual parish in Lakeview, and Stanton, Michigan for the past 10 years.