Emmanuel Presbyterian Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Greg Ward (Senior Pastor)

Founded 2013 (planted); 2017 (particularized)

Denomination PCA

Service Times Sunday — see website for current times

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.emmanuelcedarpark.church

Pastor Credentials Background in ancient Near Eastern and Biblical languages; previously Redeemer Presbyterian Austin and Three Rivers Presbyterian. Particular church of Emmanuel chartered Jan 15, 2017 (planted from Redeemer Austin).

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Westminster Standards — Trinitarian, Nicene/Chalcedonian orthodoxy.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Westminster Confession Ch. 1 — inerrancy / final authority.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify locally.

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed — sola fide, substitutionary atonement.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA complementarian — male teaching/ruling elders per BCO.

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

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Male senior pastor (Greg Ward); PCA polity.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed expository preaching is PCA norm; verify locally.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Daughter plant of Redeemer Austin — active church-planting posture.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

RED — current/recent senior pastor signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest. Per Bayly's June 2025 update, no signers have publicly repented. Watch for Revoice-adjacent / sexual-ethics-soft drift.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

YELLOW — PCA pastor on Warhurst Protest list. Roughly 8–16% of PCA pastors are reported to skirt the BCO around feminism, CRT, and Kellerite missiology. See warhornmedia.com and savethepca.com.

Caution

Assessment

Emmanuel Presbyterian (Cedar Park, TX) is a PCA congregation in South Texas Presbytery, planted out of Redeemer Austin in 2013 and particularized in 2017. Senior pastor Greg Ward signed the December 2020 Warhurst Protest in the PCA — a known signal of soft posture toward Revoice-adjacent figures and sexual-ethics drift discipline. On paper Westminster-orthodox and complementarian; in practice the cultural alignment with the soft-progressive PCA wing is the open question. Yellow — needs discernment.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Mixed signatures (review)]

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)

Greg Ward

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

Nashville Statement

Greg Ward

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Greg Ward verified senior pastor on church website. Plant of Redeemer Austin (Cedar Park campus particularized as Emmanuel 2017). Warhurst Protest signature confirmed via Warhorn Media PCA Hall of Infamy roster.

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 emmanuelcedarpark.church/pages/about-us/
[2] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…
[3] Live source redeemerpres.org/cedarpark/

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