Meet The Pastor
Pastor Steve Sumrall
Stephen Sumrall
Founder of Provident Ministries, Pastor of Christ Chapel Church
Steve is the founder and president of Provident Ministries and the Senior Pastor of Christ Chapel Church. Born into a ministry family with parents who were Missionaries that traveled the world; he has experienced "growing up" from a unique cultural perspective. Steve has lived and ministered in other countries and appreciates the diversity of our world yet always enjoys coming home and considers it a privilege to pastor and serve his congregation in South Bend.
Steve is a family man who understands the importance of ministering to the needs of the whole person; body, soul, spirit, and mind, and the needs of the entire family young, old, and in between. He loves being a husband, a father, and a grandfather, and is completely aware of the significant challenges that families face today. Steve is an optimist who is balanced, steadfast, and faith filled and he firmly believes "our help comes from the Lord, who has created the heavens and the earth."