Pastor Matt has been the Lead Pastor at Paragon Church since its "birth" in 2010.  He has been happily married to Christy for over 27 years and they have been doing ministry together since before they were married.  They have seven kids (Camden, 24 serving in the USAF - Payton, 18 a sophomore at UNM - Maylee, 16 a senior in High School - Levi, 14 - Endale, 12 - LillyAnn, 12 - and GloryKate, 7) plus one daughter-in-law, Cecelia (married to Camden since 2024).