Living Hope Presbyterian Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Not published in BPC directory entry

Founded Not published

Denomination Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC)

Service Times See website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.livinghopesc.com

Pastor Credentials Not published

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

BPC subscribes to Westminster Standards — historic Trinitarian and Christological orthodoxy.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

BPC affirms inerrancy and the Westminster Confession's view of Scripture as the only infallible rule.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify on site — small-congregation context.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Westminster soteriology — Reformed substitutionary atonement, sola fide, sola gratia.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

BPC polity is complementarian — male-only elders/pastors per Westminster polity.

BPC complementarian — male-only elders/pastors per Westminster polity

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Plural elder government per Presbyterian polity.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed expository tradition.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

BPC is small but committed to confessional witness.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

BPC tradition (Carl McIntire) is separatist and culturally conservative — no DEI/CRT alignment.

Strong

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC) — Westminster Standards + separatist posture (Carl McIntire/J. Oliver Buswell legacy) + small but committed confessional Presbyterian — default green.

Strong

Assessment

Living Hope Presbyterian Church in Greer, SC is a member of the BPC Eastern Presbytery. The Bible Presbyterian Church holds Westminster Standards with a separatist posture from Carl McIntire's 1937 split. Small (~30 churches denomination-wide) but committed.

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Sources & Evidence

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20230903110158/https://bpc.org/easter…
↳ Snapshot of bpc.org/easternpresbytery (live link)
[2] Live source livinghopesc.com

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