Matthew Barnett is co-founder of the Dream Center and senior pastor of the Angelus Temple, the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California.

[1] Matthew's father, Tommy Barnett, is pastor of the Dream City Church megachurch in Phoenix, Arizona.

The building was converted for use as a soup kitchen, a group home for runaways, prostitutes and gang members, and a shelter for the homeless.

An important role is rehabilitating drug addicts, who account for about half its residents, including underage teens.

[4] In November 2001 the Angelus Temple, founded in 1923 by Aimee Semple McPherson, merged with The Dream Center and Matthew Barnett became senior pastor of both churches.