About
Pastor Ken Matey
Ken Matey has served in pastoral ministry for more than twenty years, and since 2016 he has pastored True Grace Church in Leesburg, Florida. A Seattle native, Ken committed his life to ministry at sixteen and began training for it in college at eighteen. He also serves as a hospice chaplain, walking with patients and their families through the final season of life. Ministering at the bedside of people near death has given him a clear sense of what truly matters in life, and of how much it matters to get the text right.
Ken holds a B.S. in Church Ministries from Trinity College of Jacksonville, and an M.A. in Religion and an M.Div. in Chaplaincy from Liberty University, where he is a Ph.D. candidate in Biblical Exposition. Since 2019 he has taught verse by verse through books of the Bible on the Teaching the Bible 4 Family channel, bringing seminary-level study to anyone who wants to know God's Word more deeply.
Our approach to the text
Ken's teaching is committed to careful, consistent interpretation: reading each passage in its literary and historical setting, paying close attention to the original languages, and letting Scripture interpret Scripture. True Grace Ministries is independent and not affiliated with any denomination. That gives us the freedom to follow the text wherever it leads, rather than toward conclusions settled in advance.
We hold brothers and sisters in every tradition in high regard, and we are grateful for the faithful teaching so many denominational pastors and scholars have given the church. Our aim is simply to come to the Bible with open hands, and to invite you to search the Scriptures alongside us.
They received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.Acts 17:11 · NKJV
Ken is married to his wife, Sarah, and he has three children.