About

"My name is Matthew James Cochran and I am delighted to share with you the good things God has done in my life. I was born in Griffin Georgia in 1990. Six years later in 1996 I saw a play done at the local church my family was attending. The play was about five missionaries who were martyred, because they were trying to share the gospel in Ecuador to the Auca tribe. Their names were Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming, and Ed Mccully and their story is what the Holy Spirit used to convict me of my sin. At that time in my young life I could hardly think of anything I had ever done wrong. There was only one thing that I was unsure about. So, I asked my father if it was sin and he confirmed that it was. That is when I knew I was in trouble and I began my journey of faith to follow Christ. The blood of the martyrs is what led me to Christ and is one big reason why I have a passion for missions. 

I recall first learning to evangelize with the Mennonites. We went to NYC when I was 17 we passed out a lot of gospel tracks and sang on the streets. I went with them my senior year in high school the following year. I cherish those times in NYC and respect the Mennonites very much. After high school I became dormant in sharing my faith but years later Bruce Henderson gave me a copy of Hell's Best kept secret while I was in college. Not long after that I began sporadically sharing my faith and handing out trillion dollar tracts. In 2014 I was heading to class at Slippery Rock University when Jennifer Pepling gave me a St. Patrick's Day gospel tract. That is when I began going to her Bible Study and I eventually became involved with the Christian Collegian Network a college campus ministry that focuses on evangelizing on college campuses. Thank you all in advance for your prayers."