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Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)

Christ Orthodox Presbyterian Church

8630 W. Magna Main St., Magna, UT 84044
OPC — greater Salt Lake City (Magna) plus Cedar City extension
Quick Facts
Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable D. Jason Wallace
Founded Verify
Denomination OPC
Service Times Sunday Worship — verify times on website; Cedar City evening services
Men's Ministry No
Kids Ministry Yes
10-Point Theological Scorecard
Christology
Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)
OPC Westminster Standards — orthodox Christology in LDS-majority context.
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Scripture
Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?
Westminster Confession on Scripture's authority.
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Men's Discipleship
Intentional formation for men?
Yellow — verify men's ministry programming on-site.
Caution
Soteriology
Faith alone? How is salvation presented?
Confessionally Reformed.
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Gender / Biblical Design
Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?
OPC complementarian per Westminster + Book of Church Order.
OPC complementarian — male elders/pastors per Westminster Confession + Book of Church Order.
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Leadership Structure
Male elders/pastors? Accountability?
Plurality of male elders; teaching elder D. Jason Wallace.
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Preaching Style
Expository or topical/therapeutic?
Verify on-site — Pastor Wallace.
Caution
Mission Clarity
Great Commission central?
Multi-site work spanning SLC metro to Cedar City — significant geographic mission posture in Utah.
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Cultural Alignment
DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?
Verify on-site — Salt Lake City metro and Cedar City satellite.
Caution
Accountability Structure
Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?
OPC — Presbytery of the Dakotas; mailing address Salt Lake City.
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Assessment
Christ OPC serves the Salt Lake City metro from Magna, Utah, with an evening-service extension in Cedar City — a notable two-city OPC posture in a heavily LDS state. Pastor D. Jason Wallace leads the congregation under domain gospelutah.org reflecting an explicit gospel-witness mission framing. The geographic stretch from SLC suburbs to southern Utah represents one of the broader OPC outreach footprints in the mountain-west.
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How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

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Enrichment Notes

Verified pastor D. Jason Wallace, Magna meeting location, SLC mailing address, and Cedar City evening-service extension via OPC.org locator (church_id 263).

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. [1] Live source gospelutah.org
  2. [2] Live source opc.org/church.html

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-16 — Annual review recommended
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