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Today, Jay and I sit down to discuss a concerning pattern of being speedy to restore pastors

back into the pulpit.

In recent news, Matt Chandler has been dropping hints of being back

in a position of authority when he was put on a leave of absence just eight weeks ago for not being

above reproach, although he has still been platformed by Acts 29 during his time away. So we wonder,

what does this mean for the village church?

For the woman he spoke about in his announcement and for the network at large.

We hope this conversation inspires all of us to ask more questions.

I'm Jonah Harris, and this is at the bus stop by the Bodies Behind the Bus podcast.

Jana, I want to talk to you about something.

Something's been brewing in my head for a while.

So I want to talk to you about pastors that step away and take a leave of absence and then come back, that whole process

and what your thoughts on. So I have two examples. The first being our own church that we went to.

Yeah. Our pastor was, I think, on a sabbatical,

or he went to a couple sabbaticals and ended up being reinstated even though there were

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