Deer Creek Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Daniel Nealon (Lead Pastor); Chad Donohoe (Community Life Pastor); Duane Cory (Founding Pastor — planted 1987, served 35 years)

Founded 1987

Denomination PCA

Service Times Sundays in Littleton CO (multiple services — see website)

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.deercreekchurch.com

Pastor Credentials Duane Cory: B.A. Covenant College; M.Div. Westminster Seminary; founder/Sr Pastor 1987-2022; PCA TE; Director Western Church Planting Network

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

PCA confessional adherence to Westminster Standards — orthodox Christology.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Westminster Confession affirms inerrancy and authority of Scripture.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Standard PCA local-church practice.

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed soteriology per Westminster Confession.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA complementarian polity per Book of Church Order — male teaching/ruling elders.

PCA complementarian — male teaching/ruling elders per Westminster Standards + Book of Church Order.

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Daniel Nealon (male) Lead Pastor; Chad Donohoe (male) Community Life Pastor; Duane Cory (male) Founding Pastor; nine male ruling elders.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed expository preaching tradition.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Planted 1987 from Spanish River Church Boca Raton FL; Cory directs Western Church Planting Network.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Pastor matches a red-direction signature list (Warhurst/AMR/Lament/Revoice/CBE) WITH state/presbytery corroboration — cultural drift marker per drift-watch protocol. Auto-applied YELLOW + cultural=red downgrade. RED — current/recent senior pastor (Duane Cory, founding pastor 1987-2022) signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest. Daniel Nealon now serves as Lead Pastor.

WARNING!

Accountability Structure

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

PCA — Rocky Mountain Presbytery.

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Assessment

Deer Creek Church is a long-established PCA congregation in suburban Denver, planted by Duane Cory in 1987 out of Spanish River Church (Boca Raton, FL). Cory served 35 years before transitioning leadership to Daniel Nealon and remaining as Founding Pastor. Cory signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest. PCA Rocky Mountain Presbytery; doctrinal scores remain green per Westminster subscription; cultural drift flag for Warhurst-signer pastoral history.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Soft-progressive 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.

Warhurst Protest (2020)

Duane Cory

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

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] Live source deercreekchurch.com/leadership/
[2] Live source deercreekchurch.com/people/duane-cory/
[3] Live source pcamna.org/resources/duane-cory/
[4] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…

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