Beloved
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Associate Pastor |
| Location | North Platte, NE, United States |
| Introduction | Name: Matt Stephens. Identity: Christian. Background: Home-grown farm boy from Missouri, but you wouldn't guess it in a million years. Education: Southwest Baptist University—Communication, Youth Ministry; Trinity Evangelical Divinity School—Master of Divinity. Family: Marvelous wife of seven years, five-year-old princess, newborn knight in shining armor. Calling: Pastor, worship leader, artist. |
| Interests | Jesus, ministry, my family, cities, theology, intentional community, music, drumming, guitar, singing, art, reading, blogging, dialogue, postmodernism, basketball, hiking, camping, rock-climbing, biking, board games, restoring old houses. |
| Favorite movies | What About Bob?, Lord of the Rings (all of them), Patch Adams, The Princess Bride, Old Yeller, Where The Red Fern Grows |
| Favorite music | David Bazan, Bon Iver, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, David Crowder Band, Delirious, Fleet Foxes, Charlie Hall, Tim Hughes, The Killers, Moby, Passion, Pedro the Lion, Andrew Peterson, Radiohead, Matt Redman, Sigur Ros, Sleeping At Last, Sufjan Stevens, U2, Phil Wickham |
| Favorite books | The Bible, Seizing Your Divine Moment, Mustard Seed vs. McWorld, In His Steps, Let the Nations Be Glad, The McDonaldization of Society, Mere Christianity, The Celtic Way of Evangelism, The Connecting Church, The Cost of Discipleship, Life Together, Missional Church |