Matt Kottman was born and raised in Southern California. When he was seventeen, He felt the heavy weight of his sin and turned over control of his empty life to Jesus Christ. Shortly after Matt’s conversion, he went to Hungary to preach the gospel to the lost on a two week outreach. It was at this time, that Matt began to pray about going abroad for the sake of the Gospel..

After attending three years at Vanguard University in Orange County, California, Matt moved to Portland, Oregon to be a youth pastor for Calvary Fellowship of Tigard. It was in this church that Matt met and married his wife Dianna (June 1997).

In November of 1997 Matt and Dianna moved to Austria. They served in a supporting role at Christliche Kirche Spittal (Spittal Christian Church) for almost two year. From there they moved to Klagenfurt, Austria where many evangelistic opportunities were laid in Matt’s path. Matt played for a semi-professional American-football team in Klagenfurt which afforded many open doors to share the gospel including an interview on a local television station (KT1) as well as with the Carinthian governor (Joerg Haider). During this time Matt and Dianna began a Bible study mostly attended by athletes, teenagers, and university students, many of whom came to faith in Christ during their time in Klagenfurt. Matt also taught at a missionary training centre in Spittal, Austria during his last four months in Austria. While in Klagenfurt, Dianna gave birth to two of their children (Karissa - May 2001, Bethany - November 2002)

Towards the end of Matt and Dianna’s time in Austria, Rob Dingman invited them to come and serve at Calvary Chapel Twickenham (CCT). In March of 2003 Matt and Dianna arrived in London and began serving the body of believers at CCT. Matt's role was assisting pastor, he assisted the pastor and the church in fulfilling the church's mission - to teach the Bible and to disciple God's people. 

During Matt and Dianna's time at CCT, they have added two more wonderful children to their family (Josiah - May 2004, Isaiah - May 2006).

On May 27, 2007, Matt and Dianna being sent out by CCT began a church plant in Leatherhead where Matt teaches Sunday mornings, Thursday nights, and a weekly Christian students meeting at a school in Leatherhead.