​Matthew DelValle grew up in Winter Haven, Florida in a Christian home and gospel-preaching churches. He received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age and was baptized by immersion at age twelve. Matthew completed his Master of Divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2016. Prior to serving as the Vocational Pastor of First Baptist Church, Matthew served as a pastoral intern at Cherrydale Baptist Church, a bi-vocational pastor at Bon Air Baptist Church, and as an Administrator at Arlington Baptist Church, all located in Arlington, Virginia. Matthew desires to shepherd God’s people with God’s Word for God’s glory in Jesus Christ.