Author Matt Carter

Matt Carter serves as the Pastor of Preaching and Vision at the Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas, which has grown from a core team of 15 to over 8,000 attending each Sunday since he planted it in 2002. Matt has co-authored multiple books including a commentary on the Gospel of John in The Christ Centered Exposition Commentary series. Matt also co-authored a novel of historical fiction, “Steal Away Home” which tells the real life story of famed pastor Charles Spurgeon’s unlikely friendship with former slave-turned-missionary, Thomas Johnson. Matt holds an M.Div. from Southwestern Seminary and a Doctorate in Expositional Preaching from Southeastern Seminary. He and his wife Jennifer have been married for over 20 years, and they have three children, John Daniel, Annie, and Samuel.

Don’t Let Discipleship Keep You From Being A Disciple

Matt Carter 1 min read

You cannot call yourself a disciple of Christ and NOT be a disciplemaker. But we cannot let our discipleship occur at the expense of being a disciple. Find out why.

The Death Of The Church As We Know It

Matt Carter 8 min read

If you read too many statistics on the American church, chances are good you’ll come out pretty depressed about the state we’re in. So what do we do?

3 Steps to Leading Your Church To Be On Mission

Matt Carter 11 min read

We all say that we desire to pastor a missional church. But how do you know you’re successful?

How to become a Church for the Nations

Matt Carter 1 min read

Matt Carter and David Platt share when the Spirit moved their hearts to lead their churches to be churches for...

How To Pastor With The End In Mind

Matt Carter 1 min read

David Platt and Matt Carter discuss what it means to be a church with a DNA for the nations. Learn how your church can be more involved in spreading the gospel.

God Can Use You For His Mission

Matt Carter 1 min read

What is the biggest thing that you could imagine God could do through you? God can do more than that.