Gregg has received the “Outstanding Alumni Award” from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M. He was the first pastor and youngest person to receive the honor in the history of the award. Most importantly, Gregg is married to Kelly and together they have a son and a daughter, Greyson (2001) and Valerie (2008). Gregg Matte is the senior pastor of Houston’s First Baptist Church. Under his leadership, this historic church founded in 1841 has moved to the cutting edge of ministry and experienced tremendous growth. Before coming to Houston in 2004, Gregg founded Breakaway Ministries at Texas A&M University — the largest college Bible study in the nation. What started with twelve participants in his apartment grew to a weekly gathering of thousands of students each Tuesday night under his leadership. He continues to serve on Breakaway’s Board of Directors. Gregg holds a Bachelor’s degree in marketing from Texas A&M and a Master’s degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of the Bible study guide The Highest Education: Becoming a Godly Man and Finding God’s Will. His latest books are I AM Changes Who i am and Unstoppable Gospel.