Mathew D. "Mat" Staver is an American lawyer and former pastor of several Seventh-day Adventist churches who became a Southern Baptist.

[7] A Young Earth creationist who believes that intelligent design should be taught in public schools, Staver also denies Darwinian evolution.

[15] Liberty Counsel issued a press release, stating that Staver had relied on a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the information on the rally.

[17] In late 2018 he voiced his opposition to including gender identity and sexual orientation in a senate bill that would make lynching a federal crime.

[18] Staver "pushed back against mainstream media coverage, and explained that while no one can or should oppose a bill banning lynching, there were provisions in it that served an ill purpose.