$4550 Jacket? $18,995 Rolex? $1800 Cardigan? A Quick Guide to Pastor Stephen Chandler’s Church Clothes
Stephen Chandler is the co-pastor of Union Church in Glen Burnie, MD, along with his wife, Za. Union is a 10,000-member multi-campus megachurch whose mission is to help people “know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference.”
According to their church website, they “exist for one thing: to help people unite people with purpose” because they believe “that heaven can be experienced on earth when people live intentional and purposeful lives, submitted to God’s word.”
Like Transformation Church’s Mike Todd and Elevation Church’s Steven Furtick, Chandler has a great affection for wearing expensive designer clothes while preaching, where some of his outfits can cost more than $10,000, or several months of mortgage for the average congregant.
However, this sum doesn’t count his watches, which can add an extra $20,000 to the budget, and is more than many of his attendees make all year.
Here are some of his best (or worst) fits:
Blind guides.
Is this David Platt’s black sidekick who said he wants to burn White people alive or a different black heretic in a bad sweater?