HOUSTON (BP)—Gregg Matte, pastor of First Baptist Church in Houston, will be nominated as president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference during the June 17-18 gathering in New Orleans.
Gregg Matte, pastor of First Baptist Church in Houston.
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John Bisagno, pastor emeritus at First Baptist Houston, said he was "deeply honored" to announce his intent to nominate Matte, his successor at the church.
"Pastor Gregg's unparalleled leadership at Houston's First is only a foretaste of a glorious conference in our beautiful city," Bisagno said, referring to next year's Pastors' Conference in conjunction with the SBC annual meeting.
Before Matte arrived at First Baptist in 2004, he founded Breakaway Ministries, the largest college Bible study in the nation, at Texas A&M University.
He earned a master's degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Texas A&M. In 2011, he became the first pastor to receive the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M.
Matte and his wife, Kelly, have two children, Greyson and Valerie.
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