Christine was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in Connecticut, graduating from high school in Avon, Connecticut. She graduated from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, with a BA in Psychology and Elementary Education. She received her Masters of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, in 2000. Christine serves on the board of the Campus Ministry at the University of South Carolina, Advisory Board to the Rice Home, and on the CROP Walk Board. She is married to Craig Stoxen, the director of the South Carolina Autism Society. They have two sons, Zachary and Nicholas.