Creekside Bible Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Cliff McManis (Senior/Pastor-Teacher); Derek Brown (Associate Pastor/Elder)

Founded Unknown

Denomination Bible Church Movement

Service Times Sunday services (check website)

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.creeksidebiblechurch.com

Pastor Credentials Cliff McManis — The Master's University and The Master's Seminary; Assoc. Prof. of Theology at Cornerstone Bible College & Seminary; in pastoral ministry since 1989. Derek Brown — SBTS (Southern Equip contributor), Cornerstone Bible College & Seminary faculty.

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Senior Pastor Cliff McManis is a Master's Seminary / Master's University graduate — strong Trinitarian, orthodox Christology per that tradition.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Master's Seminary lineage holds explicit inerrancy (Chicago Statement level). McManis teaches systematic theology at Cornerstone Bible College & Seminary.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Men's ministry link in navigation but programming detail not surfaced from pages reviewed.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed Baptistic Bible-church in the MacArthur tradition — sola fide, substitutionary atonement, monergistic grace.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Master's Seminary tradition is firmly complementarian; elder/deacon page exists and male-only eldership consistent with the stream.

Male-only eldership per Master's Seminary complementarian tradition; elder + deacon governance

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Plurality of male elders + deacons is publicly structured per /elders-deacons-staff page (not fetched individually but confirmed in search results).

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Website describes 'biblically-faithful preaching'; Master's Seminary pedigree is verse-by-verse expository preaching.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

R44 refetch upgrade: homepage details substantive missions portfolio — Hope House (Mexico), Christ to India (Tenali), Onesimus Ministries, Pastoral Training, Street Evangelism, Real Options Obria Medical Clinics. Stated purpose: 'disciple the nations through local and global missions.' Upgrade yellow→green.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

No DEI/CRT language; MacArthur-stream churches are explicitly anti-social-justice-gospel.

Strong

Accountability Structure

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

Independent Bible Church — not confessional denomination. Affiliations with Master's Seminary / Cornerstone provide informal accountability.

Caution

Assessment

Creekside Bible Church in Cupertino is a Bible church with strong Reformed evangelical connections. Derek Brown contributes to Southern Equip (SBTS publication) and teaches at Cornerstone Bible College & Seminary. The SBTS connection signals complementarian, conservative evangelical theology. The church aims to glorify Christ through biblically-rooted worship, discipleship, evangelism, and ministry. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Elder/deacon governance structure. Strong prospect for Bay Area believers.

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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

Derek Brown

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Master's Seminary pedigree upgrades christology/scripture/soteriology/gender/cultural from yellow to green with confidence.

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 creeksidebiblechurch.com/about
[2] Live source tcbs.org/person/dr-clifford-b-mcmanis/

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