Matthew Ellison

Matthew Ellison is the President and co-founder of Sixteen:Fifteen, an organization dedicated to empowering local churches to engage proactively in global missions. With nearly a decade of experience as a local church missions pastor, he spearheaded a transformative shift from reactive to strategic missions approaches. This experience, along with the recognition of a growing desire among churches for active global engagement beyond just support, led him to co-found Sixteen:Fifteen in 2004. Matthew is also a member of Desert Springs Community Church, which hosts the TGC Albuquerque Chapter. Desert Springs Church was the first church 16:15 coached twenty years ago and also where The Mobilized Church was launched in 2019.