Green Run Baptist Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Steven Azzara

Founded Verify

Denomination Reformed Baptist

Service Times Sunday Worship — verify times on website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.greenrunbaptist.com/

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Trinitarian, orthodox per 1689 LBCF subscription

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Inerrancy/sufficiency affirmed via 1689 confessional stance

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify ministries page

Strong

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed/doctrines-of-grace per 1689

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Council of Elders — explicitly male-only ('biblically qualified men')

Complementarian — male-only elders per 1689 LBCF

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Plurality of elders (5): Azzara, Wiland, Applegate, McCleese, Hunter; deacon body led by Floyd Powell

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Expository expected per Founders-aligned profile

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Local church focus; verify outreach

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

No drift markers found in public materials

Strong

Accountability Structure

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

Founders Ministries-listed; 1689 2LBCF subscriber

Strong

Assessment

Green Run Baptist is an elder-led, confessionally Reformed Baptist congregation in Virginia Beach that explicitly subscribes to the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith. Council of elders is restricted to qualified men, and the church appears in the Founders Ministries directory.

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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.

Dallas Statement (Social Justice & Gospel)

Steven Azzara

Source: statementonsocialjustice.com — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Confirmed elder council, 1689 LBCF subscription, Founders directory listing

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 greenrunbaptist.com/about/our-team
[2] Live source church.founders.org/church/green-run-baptist-church/
[3] Live source sbcv.org/churches/green-run-baptist-church-virginia-beach/

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