Life.Church - Stillwater — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Craig Groeschel (Senior/Lead Pastor); Amy Groeschel publicly referred to as 'Pastor Amy'

Founded See website

Denomination Evangelical Covenant

Service Times Sunday morning (see website)

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.life.church

Pastor Credentials See website

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Orthodox Trinitarian per Life.Church beliefs; broadly evangelical.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Bible affirmed as 'inspired Word of God' without explicit inerrancy framing.

Caution

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Generic groups; no distinctive men's discipleship pipeline documented.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Grace-through-faith, generically evangelical; no detailed confession.

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Craig Groeschel's wife is publicly titled 'Pastor Amy' — egalitarian in practice; Life.Church platforms multiple female preachers.

Egalitarian — 'Pastor Amy' Groeschel and additional female preaching staff; ECC ordains women

WARNING!

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Central Groeschel-driven teaching model across ~40+ campuses; local Stillwater leadership derivative.

Caution

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Topical/felt-needs series preaching is the Life.Church norm; not verse-by-verse expository.

WARNING!

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Global YouVersion / Bible App mission; Great Commission language present.

Caution

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Mainstream seeker-sensitive; avoids explicit CRT/DEI but follows modern gender-neutralization of pastoral titles.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

Affiliated with Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) — mainline evangelical body that ordains women and has progressive trajectory; per rubric, mainline/egalitarian denomination = caution-to-black tier.

Disqualifier

Assessment

National directory entry — web-verified pastor, website, and Facebook. Visit website for full theological details.

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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

Batch labels as 'Evangelical Covenant' — confirmed accurate. Gender and denominational scores downgraded under rubric flag for husband-wife co-pastors and ECC (mainline).

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 life.church
[2] Live source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life.Church

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