The pastor of a megachurch in the Dallas-Fort Worth area has stepped down after he was confronted over inappropriate messages between himself and a woman who was not his wife over Instagram.

Matt Chandler, the lead pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, announced his departure on Sunday, telling his congregants that the messages were not "romantic or sexual" but rather that the "frequency and familiarity" of the interactions — including what he called "crude jokes" that were "unbefitting" of someone in his position — were driving his decision to step down.

He said that elders in his church believed the messages were "unguarded and unwise" and that they "revealed something unhealthy in me."

“We cannot be a church where anyone is above the Scriptures and above the high heavenly call into Christ Jesus,” Mr Chandler said in his address. “The Word of God holds me to a certain standard. And I fell short.”

The Dallas Morning News reports that Mr Chandler is also the president and chairman of Acts 29, which works as an international church planting group. The organisation said Mr Chandler will not longer participate in speaking engagements on its behalf.

Nigerian Pastors will not step down.
They will be preparing robust replies to the allegations or tell you it is the work of some bla bla bla to silence them or bring down the ministry

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With all video evidences shown, our Nigerian pastors will never own up or resign their positions