Bro. Matt Raines joined Garden Grove Missionary Baptist church as the lead pastor in February 2021. Bro. Matt served as the Associate Pastor at Florence Street in Broken Arrow starting in 2008. Before joining Florence Street, he pastored at Eufaula Missionary Baptist Church for over 2 years. Bro. Matt was ordained by Garden Grove Missionary Baptist Church in May of 2005 and attended the Concord Baptist Institute of Norman, OK. Bro. Matt was saved and baptized at the age of 7 at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Ringling, OK, where his father Bro. Mike Raines pastored. Bro. Mike Raines pastored many churches in Oklahoma, including Garden Grove Missionary Baptist Church from 1991 to 1996. Bro. Matt and his wife Cara (Davis) were married in June of 2000 and they have 4 children together, 2 boys (Jake and Eli) and 2 girls (Leah and Emma).
