Rev. Mathias has been on the staff since 1994 at which time he was called to be Minister of Missions. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) and a graduate Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div.). He served as the Youth and Children's Ministry Director at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Youngstown, Ohio. He served as pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Tampa, Florida. In 1986 he was called to serve as Director of Candidate Ministries of World Witness (the foreign mission board of the ARP Church) in Greenville, South Carolina. He is married to Anne and they have three grown children - a daughter and two sons and two grandsons.