At the age of 18, Bro. Matt felt God’s call into the ministry. So 18 months later after graduating with a business degree from Central Florida Community College, he enrolled at Palm Beach Atlantic College (now University) in West Palm Beach, FL, as a Church Music major. What a tremendous opportunity! Learning the discipline being trained in classical music, being around other Christians of the same age, and studying at an institution with a Christian worldview — praise God from whom ALL blessings flow
Bro. Matt went on to study Church Music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Upon graduation, he served at the First Baptist Church of Clewiston, FL, as minister of music and youth. It was there that God called Bro. Matt in a different direction. In June of 1999 while taking 18 of his youth to youth camp, God impressed upon him a new area of ministry with these words: “I want you to preach!” As someone involved with music his whole life, this was no easy submission. But finally, after 18 months of soul-searching and prayer, he announced that he would leave Clewiston and return to seminary for what many say is a “preaching degree.”
He finished his M.Div. degree from Southern and is now a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry program in Expository Preaching at Southern.
Bro. Matt has been pastor of Boone’s Creek Baptist Church since September of 2003 and also serves as the Seminary Extension Director of the Boone’s Creek Baptist Association in Winchester, KY. Through the preaching of the Word of God, a commitment to be On-Mission for Christ through evangelism and missions, and a desire to disciple and foster fellowship among the followers of Jesus Christ, we pray that God will continue to do great things among this family of faith as He has for the past 220 years.
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