Meet Our Staff

Steve AndersonChaplain
Steve and Rochelle Anderson have been with Prison Outreach of Delaware since 2001. They met while attending Philadelphia Biblical University and were married in 1997.

Steve’s background includes a Bachelors Degree in Bible and Social Work. He has also worked as a Drug and Alcohol Counselor for four years at Webb Correctional Facility. Previous to his counseling at Webb, he volunteered in ministry to those in addictions. As Facility Chaplain at Webb Correctional, Steve enjoys his teaching and counseling ministry along with his Aftercare work. He also ministers at Gander Hill Prison in Wilmington one day a week.

Steve was saved out of a ten year addiction in which he was incarcerated four times. His past experiences have given him a passion to share how Jesus Christ can change lives!

Rochelle has a Masters Degree in Counseling and Bachelors Degrees in Elementary Education and Bible. She has worked as a teacher for 7 years and is now a full-time mom. Rochelle’s role in the ministry involves prayer support and active involvement in ministry presentations for churches and other groups. Future plans involve Rochelle’s participation within the prison assisting in marriage counseling seminars with Steve. We are glad to have the Andersons as ministry staff members.

Steve’s Field Report

About Prison Outreach of Delaware

  1. To minister to the spiritual needs of Delaware inmates and ex-offenders through the means of: Evangelism, Teaching, Discipling, Spiritual ministries (Bibles, Christian literature, films, etc.), and Chaplain ministries
  2. To act as a liaison between inmates, ex-offenders, troubled persons, churches, homes, and communities.
  3. To be a missionary arm of the local churches by encouraging the development of the spiritual, physical, mental, and social areas of inmates and ex-offenders.

It is the Prison Outreach of Delaware’s vision to reach all Delaware inmates and ex-offenders and their families with the healing Gospel through evangelism and teaching, discipling, and providing spiritual ministries such as providing Bibles, Christian literature, films, etc. and Chaplain ministries.  We aim to act as a liaison between inmates, ex-offenders, troubled persons, churches, homes, and communities.

  1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return to power and glory.
  4.  We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enable to live a godly and separated life.
  6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.

TESTIMONIALS

The Prison Outreach of Delaware is making a difference in the lives of incarcerated individuals, families of inmates, and former inmates by teaching the gospel and giving hope.

…You really helped me through that time period of my life… [you] also gave a good example for what I want to do… working with teens who have had trouble.

Jeffrey

This act tells me that I really need Jesus in my life to lead my steps and control my thoughts.  I surrender to His will. Not because I got caught but because I choose to LIVE instead of EXIST.

Erik

Inmates need some compassion and to hear that God can and will forgive them and change their life. Thank you so much for caring about the forgotten.

Inmate's Mom

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