Pastor Matt has been the senior pastor of Indian Springs Baptist Church since the beginning of 2021. Previously he was the Pastor of Leadership and Teaching for several years at ISBC. Matt has also served as a co-pastor, young adult pastor and student pastor in various churches in Arkansas and Texas. Matt has a Bachelor of Science from Central Baptist College, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and currently finishing his Doctorate of Philosophy from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Previous to Matt’s ministry career he served two year-long deployments to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Matt has been married to his wife, Aubri since February 14, 2009. They have two kids Trent (10) and Emily Ann (8). As a family they love sports, amusement parks and spending time with family and friends.

Matt felt called to ministry as a teenager and deeply loves serving in the church today. His ministry objective is to lead the church in producing fully devoted followers of Christ who are equipping others to grow spiritually, are established in Biblical community, and engaged in gospel mission.