Acts 29 Board

Board Members

BRIAN HOWARD

President

Brian has over 20 years of proven leadership experience as a leadership coach, non-profit executive, church planter, lead pastor, and business owner. Brian holds a master’s degree from Talbot School of Theology, has been married for 26 years to the love of his life, and has four children.

MATT CHANDLER

Executive Chairman

Matt is a husband, father, pastor, elder, and author whose greatest desire is to make much of Jesus. He has served over 20 years as the Lead Pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX. Matt is known around the world for proclaiming the gospel in a powerful and down-to-earth way and enjoys traveling to share the message of Jesus whenever he can. He lives in Texas with his beautiful wife Lauren and their three children, Audrey, Reid, and Norah.

HUNTER BEAUMONT

Board Member

Hunter’s passion is helping people discover and follow the original Jesus. With this in mind, he planted Fellowship Denver Church in 2006, a thriving church in central Denver, Colorado, and he continues to invest in church planters. Before entering pastoral ministry, he started his career in public accounting (CPA) and completed a ThM in historical theology at Dallas Theological Seminary.

RODNEY HOBBS

Board Member

Rodney planted Stonegate Church in 2009, a thriving church on the south side of Dallas. He's been deeply vested in church planting, sending multiple church planters across the DFW area and beyond. He has over 20 years of ministry experience and loves to leverage that experience to serve pastors and planters. He's married to Laura, his bride of over 20 years, and they have three children.

CHRIS LEWIS

Board Member

Chris is the pastor of Foothill Church in Glendora, California. Chris received a B.A. from Evangel University, a J.D. from University of Minnesota Law School and a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary. Prior to ministry, Chris practiced law in both Kansas City, Missouri. and Dallas, Texas. Chris and wife Michelle have four children.

JOE WIDNER

Board Member

Joe serves as Executive Pastor at Citizens Church in Plano, Texas. Previously, he worked in the investment banking industry, where a growing passion to mobilize the gospel called Joe into ministry. He first served as a lay elder and eventually joined Citizens Church full-time in 2019. His hope for Acts 29 is that Jesus would be known and glorified through multiplying churches. He is blessed to be married to his wife, Kate, and by their three grown children.