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Matt Chandler joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share how parents can use time, moments and milestones to point their children to the goodness of God.

Matt Chandler joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share how God has brought healing in his life and ministry following the controversy he walked through in 2022. 

Matt Chandler, pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, returned to the pulpit on Sunday after a three-month leave of absence due to an inappropriate DMing relationship with a woman who was not his wife.

Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, is set to make his return to the pulpit this weekend following a three-month leave of absence that was both “disciplinary and developmental.” 

On Nov. 3, elders of The Village Church (TVC) in Flower Mound, Texas, provided an email update on lead pastor Matt Chandler’s current leave of absence from the pulpit.

On Monday, Chandler said in an Instagram post, “Jesus I don’t want to do this without you,” going on to share his thoughts regarding the last few months. He also described his eagerness to return to The Village Church.

News of Matt Chandler’s leave of absence from preaching and teaching due to inappropriate online behavior was shocking to many who first heard about it on Sunday. For some abuse survivors, it is “triggering.”

While not romantic or sexual, Chandler described his online messaging as "unguarded and unwise" and as being characterized by “coarse and foolish joking.” His leave of absence will be "disciplinary and developmental."