Matthew Vander Els

Pastor Matthew Vander Els is Founder of Founded In Truth Ministries and leads FIT fellowship in Rock Hill, SC. Matthew’s passion is the person of Yeshua and the power of the gospel, His crucifixion, and how the resurrection changed the world forever. Matthew also loves exploring the Jewish roots of the Christian faith and the archeology and anthropology of Near Eastern kingdoms as they relate to the Bible.

Matthew began his journey in studying the Hebrew Roots of his Christian faith when he was 17 years old. Under the guidance of Messianic Rabbis and Pastors, he pursued his passion for studying and teaching the Hebraic foundation of the faith in Jesus and continues to do so.

Matthew is available for speaking engagements, leading seminars, performing Passover seders, and teaching events.

If you are interested in hosting Matthew at your event, please email Founded In Truth Ministries at info@foundedintruth.com.

Where to find his teaching

• The teaching library: every message, free, with transcripts and podcast audio.
• YouTube: the weekly Sabbath service and every teaching, streamed live Saturdays at 11:00 AM ET.
• Podcast on Podbean: audio of the teachings for the drive.
• This week’s Torah portion: the reading we open every Saturday.

Start here

• What is the Sabbath?
• Grace of the Torah – Discovering the Gospel in the Law
• The Jerusalem Council: Applying the Torah to Gentiles
• Passover and the Christian – Why Passover is Important to Christians
• Rhythms of Grace

Teaching series

• Sermon on the Mount (25 teachings)
• Homeward Bound (12 teachings)
• Empathy for the Wicked (12 teachings)
• Collide (9 teachings)
• Image Bearer (8 teachings)
• Irony (6 teachings)
• Esther (5 teachings)
• Revelation (5 teachings)
• The Parable Series (5 teachings)
• Hanukkah (4 teachings)
• God’s Mission (4 teachings)
• Jonah (4 teachings)
• Paul (4 teachings)