Matt & Lori Stewart | Senior Pastors
Pastors Matt & Lori Stewart became the Senior Pastors of Harvest Church on October 4, 2020. Pastor Matt’s vision for Harvest is to see the lost saved and discipled, to make local and world missions a priority, and to raise up the next generation to love and worship Jesus. Lori’s heart is to see prodigals return to Jesus and to see Harvest grow as a Holy Spirit empowered church.
Pastor Matt received a Degree in Pastoral Ministry from Bethany University in Santa Cruz, California and has been an ordained Pastor for 32 years. He and his wife, Lori, began their ministry as Youth Pastors at La Mesa First Assembly in La Mesa, California (now Crosspoint Life Church). From 1992 until 2007, Pastor Matt served in various roles: Youth Pastor, Worship Leader, and Associate Pastor at International Christian Center in San Leandro, California (now Encounter Church). They moved to Virginia in 2007 at which time Pastor Matt served as Associate Pastor at Faith Alive Church, Chesapeake, while Lori started working in the Production Department at CBN. Together they planted and served from 2009 to 2018 as Senior Pastors of Three In One Church, in Suffolk, Virginia (now Relate Church).
Pastor Matt and Lori have been married for 33 years and have three grown children: Chase, Skye, and Ryder. Pastor Matt loves preaching, worshiping, playing his guitars and drums, and ministering in Israel (over 25 times now!) Together, Matt and Lori enjoy going on their weekly date night, watching movies, and taking their Rhodesian Ridgebacks Nala & Bear for long walks. They love to say, “The best is yet to come” and they believe that is true for Harvest!