Fr. Matthew had a dramatic conversion experience when he was 18, turning away from a lifestyle of drug abuse to a lifestyle of prayer and service to God.  He attended St. Paul's Episcopal church in Darien, CT and then attended a Discipleship Training School with Youth With A Mission in 1983.  He stayed on with YWAM, continuing studies in Urban Missions with the Amsterdam School of Missions (Pacific and Asia Christian University), serving and leading missions teams to Hong Kong, Uganda, Ghana and Amsterdam.  He met his Norwegian wife, Inger, in Amsterdam, married and returned to the US late in 1986.

In 1993 he was ordained a deacon in the Charismatic Episcopal Church and began to establish a mission church.  He was priested in 1995.  He attended St. Michael's Seminary, the seminary of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, finishing his studies in 2001.  In 2003 he began to plant Churc h of the Holy Martyrs.  In 2008 that church changed it's name to Church of the Archangels, which he pastors today.

Fr. Matthew has certificates in drug and alcohol counseling, clinical pastoral care, and is a certified spiritual director.  He is recognized as a gifted pastoral counselor and spiritual director who has spent countless hours healing wounded souls.  He has started the Center for the Cure of Souls as an outreach to the community to help struggling marriages, those caught in compulsive behaviors and those who are in emotional pain.  His passion is to lead people to a life-transforming knowledge of the love of God and to see them spiritually, emotionally and psychologically set free to serve God without fear.

In 2009 fr. Matt resigned from the Charismatic Episcopal Church and is in the process of being received into the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese to establish a Western Rite mission with his former parish.

He spent several years as a general contractor, loves to ride motorcycles, martial arts and playing the drums.  He has been married to the same wonderful woman for 23 years and has four children, all of whom help serve in their church.