Chad Veach is an American evangelical pastor and the founder of Zoe Church, a youth-oriented Christian congregation that is based in Los Angeles, California.
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Chad Veach was born in 1979 and grew up on Whidbey Island where he graduated in 1998 from Oak Harbor High School in Oak Harbor, Washington.
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Chad Veach's father, Dave Veach, is a District Supervisor with Foursquare Church in Tacoma, Washington.
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Chad Veach attended Life Pacific College, a Foursquare denominational Bible college located in San Dimas, California, graduating in 2002.
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Chad Veach started as a youth pastor in El Monte, California.
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In 2004, Chad Veach took a job counseling teens and young adults for United Generation ministry in Puyallup, Washington.
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Chad Veach told the New York Times that he modeled Zoe Church after Hillsong Church and Church of the Highlands.
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Chad Veach teaches Word of Faith prosperity doctrine and places a large emphasis on giving money to God through the church.
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Chad Veach maintains an active social media presence, crediting Instagram with helping to popularize his church.
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Chad Veach described his pastoral philosophy in an interview with The Christian Post, saying that he was motivated by a desire to reverse the trend of young adults becoming less affiliated with church:.
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Chad Veach's church has been criticized by actor Elliot Page for being "infamously anti-LGBTQ".
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Chad Veach told The New York Times that he modeled his church, in part, after Hillsong.