About

Matt Prater has worked in Radio for over 15 years, working as an announcer, in sales, training staff and copywriting. He has also been a youth pastor, DJ, a Children’s entertainer.

More than anything he is passionate about sharing his faith with business people, students, churches and anyone who’ll listen.

Matt is married to Carol and has 3 children, Lydia, Josh and Grace. Matt is Senior Pastor at New Hope Brisbane, a great church reaching out to people all over Brisbane that meets at 46 Kelvin Grove Road, Kelvin Grove 9:30am and 6pm Sundays.

Here’s some of Matt’s favourite quotes:

- “If you do what you’ve always done you’ll get what you’ve always got”

- “The Main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing”.

- “There’s 2 ways you can wake up in the morning. You can say ‘Good Lord, it’s morning!’ or ‘good morning, Lord!’ – I recommend the latter”.

- “Let Prayer be your steering wheel not your spare wheel”.

- “God likes people with big ears more than big mouths”.

- “Revival runs in rivers not canals”.

- “God loves availability more than ability”.

- “It’s one thing to get an answer to prayer but another thing to be an answer to prayer”.

- “One good turn gets all the bedsheets”.

- “Don’t say look what the world is coming too, say look Who’s come to the world”!

- “God doesn’t call the equipped, he equips the called”

- For I know the Plans I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart. I will be found by you declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 29:11-14)

- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

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Matt’s Latest Tweets

3 hours ago
Abby the girl who interviewed me at 4TAB, used to be in my youth group at Coffs Baptist, & the producer was News Director at 2CSFM Coffs!
3 hours ago
Once I backed a horse at ten to one, it didn't come in until ten to four! I told this joke to the radio guy @ 4TAB today, he smiled politely
4 hours ago
Just did a radio interview & shared my testimony on radio TAB which goes 2 100 stations, 6-8 on Sunday night! @newhopebrisbane @visionradio