My name is Steven Lytton Hitchcock and I am a Christian. I am one who has struggled greatly with the weakness of my flesh and with doctrinal error. I am so blessed now, knowing that the Lord has used affliction to bless me in ways that I never thought possible and I have a message that I believe will bless the people of God.

This is my prayer: “O Lord, give me your Word, give to me the joy of making your Word known to your people, and, O Lord, give your Word to your people.”

I would describe my present experience of the Christian life as walking on water. Not that I consider myself to have arrived, sinless, or that I have obtained perfection [Phil 3:12-16]. Walking on water for Peter was imperfect, but nevertheless, it is the answer for how to live the Christian life. You can know this power in your own life as well and it is my deeply felt desire that I might be able to share it with you. I believe that the Lord has entrusted me with a right understanding of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. What the Lord has given to me, no man can take away from me.

Jeremiah 23:28,29 The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the LORD. “Is not My word like fire?” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock?”

I do boast. I boast in this – ‘but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me’ [Jeremiah 9:23,24]. It is a boasting in the cross of Christ [Gal. 6:14]. It is also a boasting in my weaknesses, ‘so that the power of Christ may dwell in me’ [2 Cor. 12:9,10]. For when we boast in our weaknesses we are boasting exclusively in our faith. To boast in faith necessarily excludes boasting in ourselves [Romans]. Faith is not a work that has merit or that one could boast in of itself. Faith says, “I look only unto you my Lord and Savior”.

Joined with this confidence in the Lord is the burden for the state of the Evangelical Christian Church, which is the basis of this web site. Zeal for your house will consume me.

Information about Steven:

• Born in 1966
• Grew up in the Bay Area of California
• 1984 graduated from Tracy Joint Union High School, California
• Became a Christian from simply reading the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. The year was 1985, while serving in the U.S. Army, stationed at Ft. Old, Monterey, California [A Co, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]. I remember feeling a weight fall from my shoulders, while reading the words of Jesus, when the assurance of my salvation came upon me as I realized that I had believed in Him.
• Within the first year of my service, just after becoming a Christian, I had a motorcycle accident resulting in a broken spine and left forearm – But God had a wonderful purpose in this for which I praise Him. It led me into the path of meeting a dear Christian man named George Hite.
• Discipled by Chaplain George Hite for three months while recovering from spinal injuries at Letterman Army Medical Hospital, San Francisco. Lieutenant Hite was such a blessing to me, coming to my hospital bedside almost daily, and sharing with me the gospel of Jesus Christ. I will always cherish those precious times with my brother, providing spiritual protection and guidance in my new faith. Please prayerfully consider making a donation for the benefit of his widow and family at the following gofundme page:  Chaplain George Hite  
• Immediately after my conversion I discovered that I was still a sinner and the importance of the fight against the flesh, the world, and the devil. It was not until 2014 that the Lord enlightened me about what it means to walk by the Spirit. It is a battle until death, but what a blessing to understand how we are to walk by faith!
• 1985 became a member and was baptized at Trinity Baptist Church, Livermore, California
• Participated in a two week Partnership Evangelism with Cosham Baptist Church, England, through the Southern Baptist Convention
• Also participated with Charismatic groups in street witnessing and was influenced by certain errors with Pentecostalism
• 1986 Influenced by a Christian to embrace the error of Calvinism
• 1986 – 1998 Membership at Livermore Reformed Baptist Church, California
• While under the error Calvinism, over two years, I also became influenced by another member of LRBC with the error of Preterism
• Over 100 hours of visitation at Livermore Veterans Nursing Home, California
• 1994 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, California State University, Hayward
• 1996 Married to Alison, who is from Perth, Western Australia
• From 1998 to 2015 lived in Perth, Western Australia
• 1998 – 2003 Membership at Covenant Baptist Church, Rossmoyne, Western Australia
• While still a Calvinist I also came under the error of Modalism, independently, which was used of the Lord to help me to see the error of Calvinism
• Dual citizen of U.S.A. and Australia
• Steven and Alison have four girls and one boy
• 2001 – 2003 studied full time at Trinity Theological College and earned a  Bachelor of Theology, which is equivalent to a Masters of Divinity in the U.S.A.
• 2005 served three months at Atwell Community Church, Western Australia, as a Christian Worker [preaching, witnessing, bible study, etc.]
• 2011 Authored a book against Calvinism: Recanting Calvinism [videos]
• 2015 moved back to U.S.A., living in Boise, Idaho
• Currently employed in full time secular work with a Bank
• 2018 Authored Take Up Your Cross: Our Only Power to Live and Walk by the Spirit

Regarding things Christian, Steven is interested in and/or has a prior involvement in:

• Getting into the Word and understanding doctrine
• Doing traditional worship with hymns, spiritual songs, the reading of Scripture, and  biblical preaching
• Ministry to the elderly – many blessed times meeting elderly saints, such as some WWI vets at the Livermore Veteran’s Nursing Home
• Leading corporate prayer meetings and bible studies
• Witnessing – street witnessing in San Francisco and Hollywood, California
• Preaching – 1 Peter 4:11
• Writing: Recanting Calvinism and Take Up Your Cross

At present, I am ill with long covid and am not conducting services.