Westboro Baptist Church: The Phelps Family

The Phelps family consists of:

• Pastor Fred Phelps: head of Westboro Baptist Church
• Marge Phelps, wife of Fred and mother of their 13 children. The children are listed as follows, from oldest to youngest.
• Fred Phelps Jr., staff lawyer at the Kansas Department of Corrections
• Mark Phelps, businessman in Southern California, estranged from the family
• Katherine Phelps-Griffin, law license was indefinitely suspended effective in August 1993 for 30 counts of giving worthless checks
• Margie Phelps, director of re-entry for the Kansas Department of Corrections and a lawyer
• Shirley Phelps-Roper, lawyer at Phelps-Chartered
• Nate Phelps, businessman in Southern California, estranged from family
• Jonathan Phelps, lawyer at Phelps-Chartered
• Rebekah Phelps-Davis, lawyer at Phelps-Chartered
• Elizabeth Phelps, lawyer, no longer in practice
• Tim Phelps, lawyer and employee of the Shawnee County Jail
• Dortha Bird (nee Phelps), lawyer practicing independently in Topeka, estranged from family
• Rachel Phelps, lawyer at Phelps-Chartered
• Abigail Phelps, works for the Topeka Juvenile Correctional Facility, part of the Juvenile Justice Authority
• 54 grandchildren
• Five great-grandchildren

– Source: The Phelps Family, Witchita Eagle, Apr. 2, 2005. Sidebar to Road to Westboro: What led Fred Phelps to his beliefs and actions?

• See Also: Three Phelps children are on state’s payroll