BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - STEPHEN M. VEAZEY

Stephen M. Veazey is a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, the leading missionary quorum of the Community of Christ.  Currently, Steve is President of the Council of Twelve and is assigned to the Southern USA Mission Field.  He is also responsible for African American Ministries and Church Planting Ministries.  Steve was given this assignment in April 2000.

A full-time minister since 1983, his previous assignments include missionary and administrative work in the Africa/East Central Field, which includes the Africa and East Central States regions and the St. Louis Stake; the South Central and East Central States regions; division of Program Services, as Outreach Ministries commissioner; the North Central Region; and to Advanced Leadership Studies at the church’s headquarters.

Prior to 1983, Steve was an executive minister to the Fremont, California, Congregation, and was in charge of a missionary development project funded by the World Church for the San Francisco Bay Stake.

Mr. Veazey attended Henry County High School in Tennessee, and earned a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee.  He received an M.A. in religion from Park College in 1985.

His additional service to the church has been in various roles, among which include an assignment as a young adult two-year contractual minister to the Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, Metropole; director of youth camps and seminars; a field associate for a young adult campus ministries office; presiding elder; and a counselor to the pastor in Paris, Tennessee.

Mr. Veazey is married to Cathleen Henson Cackler Veazey.  They have three children.

The offices of the Council of Twelve Apostles are located in the World Headquarters Complex of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri.