Central Baptist Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Phillip Bethancourt

Founded 1925

Denomination Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)

Service Times Sunday mornings; check website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website centralbcs.org

Pastor Credentials PhD; formerly ERLC executive

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

'Affirm the Apostles', Nicene, and Chalcedonic Creeds' — explicit creedal Trinitarianism.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Explicit biblical inerrancy affirmed in core doctrines.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Jack McReynolds as Men's Ministry Coordinator.

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

'Salvation through Christ alone' — Protestant sola fide.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

'Scripture has reserved the office of pastor for Scripturally-qualified men' — complementarian.

Male-only pastoral office per explicit statement.

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Plural elder/pastor structure: Bethancourt (Lead, confirmed R35 audit as 'Dr. Phillip Bethancourt' in sermon contributors), Patterson (Executive), Skaggs (Care).

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

'Christ-Centered Expositional Preaching... verse by verse.'

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

SBC cooperative mission giving; gospel-centered disciple-making.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

SBC conservative; no DEI/CRT language. | GREEN signal: *** INITIAL SIGNER (one of the founding 153) *** Pastor Phillip Bethancourt is a public signatory of "The Nashville Statement on Biblical Sexuality" (CBMW, 2017-08-25, cbmw.org/nashville-statement). The Nashville Statement is the post-2017 evangelical line on biblical anthropology, marriage, and sexual ethics — affirming creation order, one-man-one-woman marriage, and biblical sexuality. Signing places the pastor on the orthodox / non-affirming side of the 2017 evangelical fault line.

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Accountability Structure

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

SBC; adopted BF&M 2000 as formal statement.

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Assessment

Central Baptist Church College Station (branded 'Central') is led by Pastor Phillip since 2020. Located near Texas A&M University. Active web presence with sermon archives. SBC-affiliated. College town church — likely has campus outreach. Verify full pastor name and doctrinal positions on-site.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Orthodox-aligned signatures]

Public statement signatures and organizational affiliations of this church's named pastors. "People is policy" — these are evidence-weighted signals about doctrinal trajectory, not the sole determinant of any rating.

Nashville Statement

Phillip Bethancourt

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Phillip Bethancourt is former ERLC executive VP — solidly confessional SBC.

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] Live source centralbcs.org/about

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