The Village Church
Matt Chandler, megachurch pastor and ACTS 29 leader, placed on leave
By Bob Smietana — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — Chandler sent overly familiar direct messages to a woman over Instagram, violating church policy.
Charges dropped against former Village Church children’s minister Matt Tonne
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 1, 2020
(RNS) — The district attorney moved to dismiss the charges, alleging ‘the complainant cannot and has not positively identified defendant as the person who committed this offense.‘
The Village Church sued for more than $1 million over alleged abuse at church camp
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 29, 2019
(RNS) — A young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a youth minister at a church camp when she was a child is suing the Village Church for more than $1 million for gross negligence and the emotional distress the abuse has caused her.
Former staff member at Dallas-area megachurch indicted for indecency with a child
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 28, 2019
(RNS) — A former associate children's minister at The Village Church, a Dallas-area evangelical megachurch, has been indicted for indecency with a child involving sexual contact.
Church discipline gone wrong: more common than you think (COMMENTARY)
By Autumn Miles — June 9, 2015
(RNS) There is an epidemic of mishandled church discipline cases. I was a victim of one 13 years ago.
Shepherds or shamers? The rise of church discipline in America (ANALYSIS)
By Jonathan Merritt — June 4, 2015
(RNS) Church discipline practices raise biblical and legal implications. Are these church shepherds just doing their best to care for their flocks, or are they crossing a line by shaming and shunning their so-called sinners?
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