Steve Hickey
| Steve Hickey | |
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| Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 9th district |
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Assumed office January 11, 2011 Serving with Bob Deelstra (2011–2013) Paula Hawks (2013–present) |
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| Born |
June 4, 1967 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Alma mater |
Mid-America Nazarene College North Park Theological Seminary |
| Profession | Pastor |
| Website | stevehickeyforstatehouse |
Steve Hickey (born June 4, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American pastor and politician who served three terms in the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 9.
Hickey is married to Kristen Kay (Olson) Hickey (November 19, 1988) and they have three grown children; Caleb Edward (March 21, 1990) and wife Alaina, Thomas David (December 2, 1992) and wife Melody, and Katherine Lynn (April 7, 1992). He currently resides in Old Aberdeen, Scotland with his wife and daughter. In 2013 he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis which resulted in his early retirement from active pastoral ministry and politics.
Hickey earned his BA from Mid-America Nazarene College (now MidAmerica Nazarene University), and a MDiv from North Park Theological Seminary, and a Masters in Theological Ethics [M.ThE.] from the University of Aberdeen. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen focusing on Leo Tolstoy's interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount.
Hickey is a native of Kansas City and served as a youth pastor at Hillcrest Covenant Church in Prairie Village, Kansas from 1986-1991. He served as youth pastor and then interim pastor at Edgebook Covenant Church in Chicago from 1991-1994. He is the founding pastor (1994-2015) of Church at the Gate in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a three-term South Dakota legislator. Since 2002 he served as chaplain for the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and the Sioux Falls Police Department. He was ordained by the Evangelical Covenant Church of America.
Hickey was an activist statewide in two ballot measure attempts to ban abortion in South Dakota, 2008 and 2008. In the South Dakota legislature he led two attempts at repealing the death penalty (2013/2014) contending for a consistent pro-life position where issues of development, deformity/disability and depravity have no bearing on one's humanity and the sacredness of all biological human life. His position was outlined in An Open Letter To Lawmakers. He has opposed death with dignity and euthanasia arguing that killing is not compassion.
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