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- Abuse ·
Matt Chandler’s Church Hired His Father, an Admitted Child Sex Abuser, Former Elder Says
Matt Chandler’s Dallas-area megachurch employed his father for five years as a custodian, despite his father’s admission he had committed a child sex crime, a…
- Clergy Sexual Abuse ·
Alleged Victim of Worship Pastor Aaron Ivey Speaks Out, Raising Questions About Megachurch’s Prior Statement
An alleged victim of recently ousted worship pastor Aaron Ivey is speaking out, alleging Ivey groomed, manipulated, and sexually molested him for years when the…
- Church Issues ·
Dallas-Area Church Leaves Acts 29, Citing Potential ‘Corruption’
A Dallas-area congregation planted by a flagship Acts 29 megachurch has left the prominent evangelical church-planting network, citing potential “corruption and compromise.” On Tuesday, Rick…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
CA Student Minister at Acts 29 Church Arrested on Child Sex Assault Charges
A student ministry pastor at a California church affiliated with the Acts 29 Network has been arrested on three charges of child sexual assault. Michael…
- Church Issues ·
Pastors Say Acts 29 Network Booted Their Church After They Questioned Network’s Transparency
A third church has left the Acts 29 church planting network in less than a month over the network’s alleged lack of transparency. This time,…
- Evangelicalism ·
Matt Chandler to Return to Preaching This Sunday, After 3-Month Leave
Following a three-month leave due to an “inappropriate online relationship,” embattled megachurch pastor Matt Chandler will return to preaching this Sunday at The Village Church…
- Church Issues ·
Matt Chandler’s Church Says His Return to Pulpit Will Be ‘Soon’
Matt Chandler’s megachurch says the embattled pastor is making “consistent and positive” progress following confessed misconduct and it anticipates he will return to the pulpit…
- Leadership ·
Matt Chandler Signals Imminent Return to Ministry in Social Media Post
Embattled megachurch pastor Matt Chandler has signaled his imminent return to ministry at The Village Church (TVC) in Flower Mound, Texas. In an Instagram post…
- Church Issues ·
Matt Chandler Steps Aside After Admitting Inappropriate Online Relationship
A tearful Matt Chandler, pastor of The Village Church (TVC) and president of Acts 29, on Sunday confessed an inappropriate online relationship with a woman…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Village Church Settles Civil Suit Over Alleged Child Sexual Assault
The Village Church (TVC), the Dallas-area megachurch led by Matt Chandler, has settled a lawsuit brought by a woman over how it handled her report…
- Evangelicalism ·
Acts 29 President Matt Chandler Headlines Theos Conference with Mark Driscoll, Eric Metaxas
Nationally known pastor and church-planting leader Matt Chandler is set to keynote an online theology conference alongside disgraced pastor Mark Driscoll and other controversial speakers.…
- Church Issues ·
Russell Moore Exits SBC, Joins Acts 29-Affiliated Evangelical Church
Russell Moore, who recently resigned as the Southern Baptist Convention’s chief ethicist, has also moved on from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination personally, attending a…
- Evangelicalism ·
Top 10 Stories of 2020
Already, people are talking about 2021 as a time of reckoning for the evangelical church. But 2020 was a reckoning, as well, with scandal after…
- Education ·
Cedarville U Fires Professor With History of Admitted Sexual Abuse
Cedarville University yesterday fired professor, Dr. Anthony Moore, for sexual misconduct. The action comes three years after Cedarville learned that Moore had secretly videotaped a male youth…
- Evangelicalism ·
Matt Chandler Responds to Questions: “I Don’t Want You to Think That Five Employees Complained About Abuse, and We Fired Them Because of It.”
In an email to Acts 29 members over the weekend, embattled president, Matt Chandler, responded to questions stemming from the 2015 removal of five Acts…
- Evangelicalism ·
Acts 29 President Matt Chandler Under Fire for Removing Staff Alleging Abuse & Changing Story About Removal of CEO
Five years ago, the U.S. staff of the church planting network, Acts 29, approached Acts 29 President Matt Chandler with a letter outlining concerns about…
- Church Issues ·
Matt Chandler & Other Evangelical Leaders Rejected TED Bloggers’ Pleas to Expose Harvest in 2012
Former celebrity pastor, James MacDonald, has been fired. His sins have been splashed on national headlines. Every elder and senior leader at Harvest Bible Chapel…
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