- Has a record 33 # 1 songs in Christian Music
- Has six children, daughter Emily Elizabeth, sons Will Franklin and Caleb Stevenson, and three adopted daughters from China: Shaohannah Hope Yan, Stevey Joy Ru and Maria Sue.
- His daughter Emily Elizabeth Chapman married Tanner Thomas Richards on October 4, 2008. They met on a blind date on May 17, 2007.
- Actor Robert Duvall appeared in his video "I Will Not Go Quietly" from the movie The Apostle (1997)
- More Dove Awards then any other artist with 50 as of 2006.
- Met his wife in college. They shared the same campus mailbox. Upon meeting he joked, "Wouldn't it be funny if we got married? You wouldn't have to change your last name."
- His daughter, Maria (who was 5), was accidentally struck and killed by a SUV driven by her brother, Will Franklin, on May 21, 2008 in Franklin, Tennessee on the grounds of the Chapman home.
- Wrote the song, Cinderella, which was inspired by his two adopted daughters, Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman and Stevey Joy Ru Chapman.
- Steve has become a grandfather for the first time after his daughter Emily gave birth to a baby girl Eiley Eliza Richards in Belfast Northern Ireland November 10,2011.
- Album "Declaration" debuted # 22 on the Billboard Top 100 in 2001
- 5 time Grammy Winner.
- Released "Declaration" on Sept. 28, debuted # 22 on the top 100 (November 2001)
- Touring with Michael W. Smith on the United tour. (February 2009)
- His eldest daughter, Emily, 22 at the time, married her longtime boyfriend, Tanner Richards, on October 4, 2008.
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