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Matt Chandler Will Take Over Acts 29 Network

An announcement on the blog of the Acts 29 Network confirmed that Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church in Texas, will take the reins of the church planting organization. Former president and pastor of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church Mark Driscoll said in the announcement that the change came after some concern that the organization wasn’t “as effective as we needed.”

“I?n light of the complexity we’re facing, the best thing for Acts 29 going forward would be for Matt Chandler to assume the presidency, move the network offices to Dallas, and select his Acts 29 staff???,?”????? ??w?r?o?t?e? D?r?i?s?c?o?l?l??,? ?w?h?o will remain on the Board of Acts 29. No word yet on the effective date of this change.

According to its website, the Acts 29 Network is an organization of over 400 churches? i?n the United States and networks of churches around the world that are unified ?i?n? ?t?h?e?i?r? ???m?i?s?s?i?o?n? ?t?o? ?p?l?a?n?t? ?o?t?h?e?r? ?c?h?u?r?c?h?e?s?.? ??They “seek to be a movement of church-planting networks—that is, decentralized and empowered networks to lead men of all different types of churches in order to make disciples of all people groups.”