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US: Acts 29 President Matt Chandler suspended over inappropriate messages to a woman

US: Acts 29 President Matt Chandler suspended over inappropriate messages to a woman
Matt Chandler
ET staff writer
ET staff writer
23 September, 2022 2 min read

The Acts 29 church planting network has suspended its president, Matt Chandler, from speaking engagements following his church’s decision to place him on a disciplinary leave of absence.

Chandler is lead pastor at The Village Church in Texas, but he has been placed on leave following an investigation by his church’s elders into private messages sent by him to a woman who is not his wife.

In a statement the church elders said, ‘while the messages were not romantic or sexual in nature, the frequency and familiarity of the messages crossed a line.

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