Pastor Matt and his wife Lianne have been serving in ministry for 20+ years, and Matt have been licensed and ordained for the past 11 years since 2014. The couple married in September of 2000, and started their family in southeast Fresno. In 2001 Matt and Lianne started working in youth ministry in southeast Fresno, and at the same time Lianne was busy working as a 1st grade teacher at Edison Bethune on the west side.

In 2005 they had their son Afton, then four years later their daughter Ellary. Their son Afton currently is serving our country in the US Airforce as a missile defense airman in Montana, and Ellary is in her last two years of high school at Immanuel High in Reedley.

In 2009 Pastor Matt launched a young adults ministry along with a leadership/discipleship program that mentored young leaders to be effective in their everyday lives with sharing the Gospel. For the next 11 years till 2020, pastor Matt led this group of young adults, leading their worship band, and being active in local colleges.

Pastor Matt's passion is for the local church to be focused, driven, and led by Christ! To know Him, and to make Him known! He has a heart for people to know Jesus through Gods word, to be active in discipleship and mentoring, and to live and walk in spirit and truth!

Pastor Matt's favorite verse-

Luke 9:23-24 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.