Matthew Aaron Tennant

Pastor & Theologian

To seek God first. To love people where they are. To help others see God’s grace and mercy in their own lives and the world around them.

Listen to Matthew's comments on the Bible.  Click here.

Sample Sermons

"Were we to see?" Luke 18:1-8

"Don't tell me to turn my back on you" Ruth 1:1-18

"Let's get scared" Acts 16:16-31 and Galatians 4:4-7

Writing Samples

"Why be congregational?"

"Current events & children"

"Tillich & the Wild Things" (Winner of the 2008 Annual Paul Tillich Prize for best paper presented at the American Academy of Religion's Annual Meeting)

"Placing Robert Hall in dialogue with Juan Luis Segundo on the issue of human rights" (Published in American Baptist Quarterly, Fall 2008)