The church planting group Acts 29 Network will keep its mission focused in the same manner as before despite a recent change in leadership, said the group’s new president, Matt Chandler.
“There’s no vision shift here. It is a location shift and a restructuring,” Chandler, also lead pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, told The Christian Post. “I want us to keep doing what we are doing. I want us to keep planting churches and being on mission and do that in a way that is edifying and encouraging to our network. I’d like to see us be able to do that more effectively and more efficiently.
“My hope is steadfastly to continue to plant churches that make much of Jesus, that lift up on high the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and see men and women saved by that message.”
Mars Hill Church Pastor Mark Driscoll announced that he was stepping down from the reins of Acts 29 late last month to make room for Chandler, the lead pastor at The Village Church in Highland Village in Texas. Driscoll remains on the organization’s current three-member board which also includes The Journey’s (St. Louis, Mo.) lead pastor, Darrin Patrick. The group’s headquarters will move from Seattle to Dallas.
Driscoll seemed to have left the door open about the possibility he would remove himself from the board if needed for the greater good of the group, he implied in his statement last month about his decision.
“I want him on the board. He’s a great advantage to the men, the movement, and the network as a whole,” Chandler told CP when asked about Driscoll. “I think culturally and theologically he has some spectacular gifts. Driscoll will absolutely remain on the board. He would gladly step off if he thought that was best for the network. I don’t think anybody believes that’s best for the network.”
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SOURCE: Christian Post
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