Bio
About Matt, Kelly, & Ezekiel Elmore
Bio
About Matt, Kelly, & Ezekiel 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 2024, God led us to continue staying on the mission field, but with a different mission organization named Serving Workers for the Havest (SWH). Our ministry within SWH is called Kuza. We love living in Kenya and enjoy its beautiful animals, landscapes, and people. It is now truly a home for us, our son Ezekiel, and our sweet and slightly quirky cat, Chewy.
Learn more about our ministry, Kuza.
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.” Further, we believe that we should give a verbal and lifestyle defense for our hope in Jesus with gentleness and respect.
Matthew 22:37-40, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 Peter 2:12
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.
Kuza Ministry Stats
Learn More about Kuza here.
Professions of Faith
35,500+ Professions of Faith- From 2008-2024
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