Midtown Fellowship Crieve Hall — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Jeremy Kemp (Lead Pastor, since February 2022)

Founded Multi-site campus of Midtown Fellowship Nashville

Denomination PCA

Service Times Sundays 10am at Crieve Hall Elementary School

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.midtownfellowship.org/crieve-hall

Pastor Credentials MDiv Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando (2014); previously Church Planter Good Shepherd Church Lakeland (2018-2021); previously Associate Pastor of Youth and Music at Christ Community Presbyterian Church Lakeland FL (2010-2018).

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

PCA subscribes to Westminster Confession — Trinitarian Nicene orthodoxy.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Westminster Confession Chapter 1 — inerrancy and sole authority of Scripture.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Not highlighted on the public campus page — verify directly.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Westminster sola fide; Reformed soteriology.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA requires male-only ordination per Westminster Standards and BCO; complementarian.

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

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Male teaching/ruling elders per PCA polity.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed expository preaching is PCA norm.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Midtown Fellowship parent church identifies as Acts-29-aligned per existing directory record — verify Crieve Hall campus posture.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

RED — current/recent senior pastor signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest (Jeremy Kemp per warhornmedia.com PCA hall of infamy list — listed under Southwest Florida Presbytery at time of signing; he subsequently moved to Midtown Fellowship Crieve Hall in Nashville Presbytery in February 2022). Watch-item.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

PCA polity provides session/presbytery/GA accountability.

Strong

Assessment

Midtown Fellowship Crieve Hall is a campus of Midtown Fellowship Nashville (the parent multi-site is already in the directory as midtown-fellowship-nashville). Lead Pastor Jeremy Kemp signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest while serving in Southwest Florida Presbytery; he was called to Crieve Hall in February 2022. The campus carries the Warhurst signer flag through Kemp's signature. Doctrinal scores green per Westminster Confession; cultural score yellow.

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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)

Jeremy Kemp

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Jeremy Kemp named on the December 2020 Warhurst Protest signer list under Southwest Florida Presbytery (where he was Associate Pastor at Christ Community Presbyterian Lakeland and then Church Planter at Good Shepherd Lakeland). He moved to Midtown Fellowship Crieve Hall as Lead Pastor in February 2022. The parent church (midtown-fellowship-nashville) is already in the directory; this is a campus-specific entry to capture the Warhurst flag at Kemp's current pulpit.

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 midtownfellowship.org/crieve-hall
[2] Live source midtownfellowship.org/team
[3] Live source midtownfellowship.org/blog/sermons/speaker/jeremy-kemp/
[4] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…

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