"The reason Vet Church is important to me is because it let me know I wasn’t alone. It literally saved my life. Gave me a place to know that I was safe, no matter what!" 

SSG Justin Touchette 

Disabled/Retired US Army

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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 6:12).

Matt Williams brings a no-BS authenticity to his work with Vet Church. His music is raw, honest, and healing. Vet Church honors personal sacrifice, builds a community rooted in hope and purpose, and offers life-giving sustenance to world-weary souls.

The power of Vet Church is in its presence. It’s not some sterile, distant charity—it’s a boots-on-the-ground ministry, carried out in word and deed, in song and silence. It finds holy ground in bars, clubs, and strip mall parking lots. Matt—a retired Army chaplain—shares from his own scars and invites others to do the same, creating sacred space in the unlikeliest places.

Pastor Jim Coyl (Pensacola Beach Church) son of a Veteran

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"Community: Vet Church is a community of Veterans available for Veterans and their Families in a time of need. 

 Responsive: Vet Church is a tremendous organization that responds quickly as needed to assist Veterans in times of trouble, adversity, and fellowship.  The Vet Church leader is always responsive to Veterans and their Families, sometimes spending ours with Veterans in crisis and always willing to travel across the US in time of need. 

 Available and Diverse: Vet Church is an organization that always has fresh content online to connect with Veterans and Families, whether through fellowship, music, worship, and a responsive prayer chain that provides support to Veterans and their Families during time of need." 

Brad White 

US Army, COL(R)

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"The importance of Vet Church can not be understated. It is a place where people from different backgrounds, with shared experiences, can come together as a whole and also understand the underlying tribulations."
STG3 JUSTICE, Navy Veteran

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"Upon completion of their service, many veterans feel the need for emotional and/or spiritual support. Retired army chaplain Matt Williams continues his faithful service to the Lord and to his comrades who experience such needs, through Vet Church, an organization that he founded for just that purpose."
Steve Judice (Singer Songwriter)

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What VETCHURCH means to me?
Veterans tend to turn to veterans in many cases. Vets understand each other no matter the branch of service. We understand, the hardships we’ve encountered, the deployments we’ve been on, and the brotherhood that was created through these times. By having a place to turn to, in any hour of need, is incredible. VetChurch is a place vets can come and not be ignored, removed, criticized, etc.…It’s a place of comfort, unconditional love and respect for our fellow man. Being around and conversing with like minded individuals, helps us to develop as a collective. It reminds me of a book I study, Agni Yoga Society, Brotherhood 1937, by Helena Roerich. Talks about the idea of Brotherhood and the connection to one’s higher self. As a group becoming a single collective source of awareness. VetChurch is this place to come together as one.
Thank you for giving us a place to express our feelings and say what we need to without judgement.
Jody M.

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​While we call it a church, but it is not “normal” by any means. There is no physical church so there is no alter or icons to worship to. Together we are a church of the heart and mind. There is a leader to all this and a board of people that help guide towards its mission completion, but they are of us, by us and for us. They are not some “above us” group that dictates edicts for the weak and weary to follow.
Vet Church is many things to me. It’s automatic trust in a world where it’s not so easy or safe to do so. It’s community when I feel most alone. It’s friends and family when everyone else has left or abandoned me. It may seem cliché to say so but when I need it most, it is there not with judgement or cost, it is free and accepting as it should be.
It is not religious with the typical thee and thou, but God does play a part. It’s comfortable, its daily language, you are met where you are regardless of physical location or mental status. If you are in crisis and need someone to help guide you out of the darkness or you need to be around some like-minded people with a beer, Vet Church is there.
Above all else Vet Church is my once Army Chaplin turn dearest friend continuing to tend to his flock of misfits and knuckleheads the best way he knows how, through music and being there with active listening. There have been times in my journey when I didn’t know I needed it, but it was there for me, nonetheless.
SSG Jose Aponte, U.S. Army, RET

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"In the long tradition of fearless Missionaries and Crusaders, when someone might need Jesus, but doesn’t know he or she needs Jesus, or can’t find Jesus, sometimes … you have to bring Jesus to him, or her.

​The Chaplain’s Corp has been an essential part of the military since the birth of the nation. And not in a passive way, an active one.

​Vet Church’s Captain Matt Williams pitched his tent right next to those of his troops. On the front line. Not safely back on base. But shoulder to shoulder. Meeting them where they are. Often in the midst of battle. Or need.

​And not just pitch his tent, but his music. So those who aren’t ready to talk, can listen. And maybe write. Or sing. And feel. And heal.

​Godspeed, my great friend.

Salute you, your mission, your methods and your madness!"

Jeremy Clark