Bio
About Matt & Kelly Elmore
Bio
About Matt & Kelly Elmore
We are both native Floridians, born into wonderful Christian families. We met in college at Florida State University (Go Noles!), where we were both involved in the Baptist Campus Ministry. After graduating with a degree in marketing, Matt felt called into the ministry. Specifically, he felt led to go with Global Youth Ministry (partnering with Teens for Christ) to the country of Kenya, where he had taken a mission trip while in college. He began working for Global and attended their Institute for Global Youth Studies to receive training in missions. Kelly was not so sure at first, but God gradually changed her heart (a whole other story!), and she agreed to go for one year. That was in 2008, and we're still here! Kelly works for a wonderful International Christian school called Rosslyn Academy, and Matt has since earned his Master of Theological Studies degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2018, God led us to continue staying on the mission field, but with a different mission organization named African Christian Outreach. Our ministries within African Christian Outreach are named 4:12, Kuza, SDM, New Beginnings, Frontiers, and Pamoja House. We love living in Kenya and enjoy its beautiful animals, landscapes, and people. It is now truly a home for us, our little boy Ezekiel, and our sweet and slightly quirky cat, Chewy.
Beliefs
Beliefs
What We Believe
ONE TRUE GOD
We believe the one true God has revealed Himself the eternally self-existent "I AM", the creator of Heaven and Earth.
Genesis 1:1; Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 43:10 - 11
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is the "Image of the invisible God" and that in Him "all deity dwells in bodily form." We believe in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His death on the cross as the substitutionary atonement for sin, His literal bodily resurrection from the dead, His present ministry of intercession in Heaven, and His personal future return to the earth.
Colossians 1:15-22; I Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Peter 3:18
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit convicts men of sin and regenerates, indwells, seals, sets apart, and empowers believers for service and for holy living and a holy life. We believe that "God is at work within us both to will and work to His good pleasure" and that "He will continue to perfect us until the day of Christ Jesus."
John 14:16; Romans 8:14, 16; Ephesians 1:13; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 2:13
THE GODHEAD
We believe in the unity and trinity of the Godhead existing in three persons: The Father, the Son the Holy Spirit. These three persons are One God having the same nature, attributes, and perfection.
Genesis 1:26; John 1:14, 15:26, 17:21; Ephesians 4:4-6
SALVATION
We believe in salvation by grace, a free gift from God apart from works. Salvation comes through repentance, a turning from one’s own way to God’s way, and accepting Jesus Christ in personal faith.
Ephesians 2:8-10; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; John 1:12
THE GREY AREAS, THE DISCUSSIONS, THE ARGUMENT TOPICS
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:37-40
Ministry Stats
Ministry Stats
Ministry Stats
We don’t want to boast about these stats below, but we want to stress that it is by the grace of God that we have seen him work in our ministry. For that we give him all the praise and the glory.
4:12 Ministry Stats
Conferences Taught
Conference Numbers
1649- Total Number of Conferences Taught from 2010-2022
23.6- Average Number of people added to the churches per conference
38,916- Total Number of people added to churches between 2010-2021 most of whom are first time believers.
10- Local Kenyans who Teach
$200- Average Cost of teaching one conference
Seminaries & Bible Schools Taught In
Seminary Numbers
7- Different countries being taught in (Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia, & Tanzania).
10- Local Kenyans who help Matt teach
Kuza Ministry Stats
9 - Local Kenyans who write & develop blogs, videos, devotions, and podcasts.
25,000 - Total App Downloads as of April 2020
250,000- Average number of people reached weekly through blogs, videos, podcasts, and app as of May 2023
SDM Ministry Stats
600- University Students in Small Group Bible Studies
25- University Campuses Where We Minister
100- Attenders Getting Trained in Free Classes on Tae Kwando, Baking, Basic Computer, and Chess.
New Beginnings Crisis Pregnancy Center Stats
80- Ladies Served on Average Every Year
Many- Mothers Counseled and Precious Babies Saved
Professions of Faith
30,500+ Professions of Faith- From 2008-2023
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