Matt Chewning
Church-planting pastor in the greater Boston area
Matt Chewning (Church-planting pastor in the greater Boston area) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Marriage and long-term partnership, Christianity, Eternal security.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Marriage and long-term partnership
Chewning recommends a pastor's wife lead with abundant verbal encouragement, citing Tim Keller's ratio.
“Keller used to talk about a ratio. He used to be like, can we just try like 10 to 1?”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:20
Chewning says his wife's corrections have often proven to be what he needed to hear.
“There's been so many times in my own life where my wife has called me on things or corrected me on things in which I did not want to hear”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 56:32
Christianity
Chewning describes greater Boston as one of the least religious regions of the United States.
“To this day, it is the place where you're least likely to read the Bible, to claim Christ as Lord”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 16:18
Eternal security
Chewning argues that worrying about habitual sin indicates the Holy Spirit's presence.
“the mere fact that a person is asking this question is evidence that the spirit is in there”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:21
Marks of a healthy church
Chewning says a healthy church needs an accountability structure in which the pastor can be told no.
“can your pastor be told no? If not, it's a one-man show and that's so dangerous”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 40:12
Charismatic movement
Chewning says people are leaving traditional denominations out of a sense that the Holy Spirit is at work.
“people are trying to get out of those denominations because they have a sense that the Spirit is at work”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 25:59
Appearances
How to Find a GOOD Church (and When to Leave) ft. Ed Newton & Matt Chewning | Live Free with Josh HowertonLive Free with Josh Howerton · Sep 30, 2026 · 1 h 26 min
Pastor Josh Howerton and pastors Ed Newton and Matt Chewning discuss revival in American churches and answer listener questions on church health, family, marriage and salvation.
Often appears with
- Josh Howerton · 1 shared episode
- Ed Newton · 1 shared episode