Pastor Matt Davis

Pastor Matt Davis grew up in Athens, Georgia and spent most of his adult life in the Athens area. Saved at a young age he began to make discipleship commitments at the age of 16. After graduating from college, God began directing him from his chosen career field toward the ministry. Matt surrendered to preach in 2003 and began ministry training at Piedmont Baptist College in 2005 (now Carolina University). After graduating in 2009, Matt’s home church (Crooked Creek Baptist Church) called him as associate pastor.
 
In 2012 he started the Collegiate Bible Fellowship (CBF) at the University of Georgia. This student group focused on discipling students and providing service and fellowship opportunities on campus. He now has a similar ministry for Lander University students called, “The Bible Study”. Greenwood Baptist called him as pastor in 2016. Pastor Matt is also part-time faculty at Greenwood Christian School, teaching government and economics.
 

Practicing an expositional approach to preaching (going through books of the Bible with the point of the text being the point of sermon), his goal to help others understand and apply the scripture to every day life with Jesus and the gospel at the center of all we do. Along with preaching, he loves small group and one on one disciple-making. He is married to Casey and they have six children named Lee, Whit, Ellie Kate, Bonny Sue, Jay and Judah. Pastor Matt loves UGA sports, the Braves, trout fishing, cooking outdoors, and Cheerwine.