City Church of Asheville — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Verify on church website

Founded verify

Denomination Reformed Evangelical

Service Times verify on website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry No

Website citychurchavl.org

Pastor Credentials Unknown formal credentials

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Caution

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Caution

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Verify on church website — TGC Directory does NOT require complementarian polity for listing.

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Caution

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Caution

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Caution

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

Caution

Assessment

Listed in The Gospel Coalition Church Directory — TGC's open self-listing of gospel-believing churches, sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Inclusion does NOT imply TGC vetting against the Foundation Documents (Confessional Statement + Theological Vision for Ministry); 52% of listings have no formal network affiliation, and the rest carry Acts 29 / SEND / Harbor / Converge / Redeemer-CTC tags. Treat TGC Directory presence as a discoverability signal, not a doctrinal endorsement — confirm complementarianism + inerrancy independently before publishing.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

[2026-05-18] Added via TGC Church Directory Phase 2. Network directory: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/church/city-church-of-asheville-2/. Live-fetched https://citychurchavl.org on 2026-05-18. [2026-05-19] Phase 6f live-fetch verdict: not_a_church. Site does not resolve to a working church homepage. [2026-05-19] Restored from RED to yellow: church may use Facebook or other social channel instead of website. Per MOOP policy, dead-website-only is not a doctrinal red flag. [2026-05-19] FB-finder live-search: official Facebook page identified at https://www.facebook.com/avlcitychurch. Church may use this as primary online presence in lieu of a working website.

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 thegospelcoalition.org/church/city-church-of-asheville-2/

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