Pastor Steve Hardy
4 “You shall not make for yourself [a]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, inflicting the [b]punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing [c]favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Pastor Steven Hardy was born and raised around Salem, Oregon, attending both the University of Oregon and Western Oregon University, later graduating from Moody Bible. Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He and Beth, who is from upstate New York, met at Moody and were married in 1980, a year after graduation. Beth completed her Elementary Education degree at Grace College in Indiana, and taught 3rd grade 17 years before retiring in 2021.