Steve and Yvette Phelps are licensed ministers of the United Pentecostal Church International. Both have a love for missions, specifically African nations. In the early 2000’s they pastored a church in Prescott, Arizona before God called them to the mission field. Their first appointment as missionaries was in 2011 to Uganda, where they opened the first Bible school in 2014. The following year their field of appointment changed to Nigeria. In 2016 they started a Bible school in Lagos, Nigeria.
During the pandemic in 2020, they instituted an online Bible school for Nigeria. Steve and Yvette are passionate about teaching in Bible schools and building team leaders. Steve is the West Africa GATS Representative. The Phelps love traveling throughout the nations of West Africa to facilitate instructor training seminars. Steve also teaches Oneness missionary profile seminars throughout Nigeria. Currently, they are pastoring a church in Lagos and working with the nationals of the First United Pentecostal Church International. Uganda was added to their Career Missionary appointment in September of 2024.