Matthew Stephen is the father of two young adult men and
a husband. He served his country in the
U.S. Army working on Intel Operations Overseas, which led him in and out of the
White House on a few assignments. In 1979 he came to the Lord Jesus Christ as a
born again Christian and having a heart
for ministry began studying and taking bible classes to learn more about the
word of God. In the early eighties he began studding under John Wimber and
under his leadership began to pastor a small Vineyard fellowship. He later became involved with the Kansas City
prophetic movement and since 1979 has worked in the area of the prophetic
ministry. At the turn of 1992 he came out of the Vineyard and Kansas City
movements due to seeing much that was not in agreement with him according to
the Word of God. He began calling for a deeper commitment and understanding of
the cost of Discipleship and the cost of commitment in following Christ Jesus.
Matthew went through a deep time of searching for purity in the
Holy Word of God and calling for maturity and a spirit of repentance in the
prophetic movement and in the Church. He has worked over 25 years in the
prophetic ministry and has a deep desire to see the body of Christ, including
the youth of our day, commit to a deeper intercession of prayer. Since 1979 the
Lord has been revealing to Matthew the prophetic events that would unfold
in America and around the world. He
travels and does speaking engagements and prophetic newsletters while hosting a
weekly radio show. Pastor Matthew has started a fellowship, birthed out of
“Vine Christian fellowship” which is simply called “His Gathering”; meeting
weekly in a coffee house. One of the main thrusts of the ministry is to
reach out and feed the needy and take the gospel beyond the four walls.
