Dr. Matt Hook loves the local church. He has served for 33 years, the last 20 as the Senior Pastor of Huron River Methodist Church, which just celebrated its 192^nd birthday. The church has doubled over the years and has maximized its campus with 3 building campaigns. Matt’s passion in the church is for preaching, worship, the power of fellowship, men’s discipleship, and evangelism. Matt received his DMin from Asbury and his MDiv from Garrett-Evangelical.

Matt has served for 28 years as a leader with World Methodist Evangelism, under Dr Eddie Fox and Dr Kim Reisman, leading worship and workshops in multi-ethnic gatherings, including every FLAME gathering since 1996. Over the years, Matt and his wife Leigh have been the host family to 9 different children from 3rd world countries (Guyana, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mali, and Guatemala). These children and youth have lived with them for anywhere from 2 to 6 months at a time, through a program called Healing the Children.

Matt and Leigh have 4 adult children, 3 of them married, and 4 grandchildren with one on the way. Matt enjoys laughing a lot, nostalgia, gardening, exercise, and ministry together with his wife Leigh. According to the Clifton StrengthsFinder, Matt’s strengths are Positivity, Woo, Includer, Communication, and Maximizer.