North Coast Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Chris Brown (Lead Pastor); Larry Osborne (Teaching Pastor, co-senior 1980-2019)

Founded See website

Denomination Non-Denominational

Service Times Sunday morning (see website)

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.northcoastchurch.com

Pastor Credentials Larry Osborne — Teaching Pastor/Kingdom Ambassador since 2019 retirement

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Trinitarian, gospel-affirming church.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Verify inerrancy stance.

Caution

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify men's ministry.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Verify faith-alone soteriology.

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Non-egalitarian per Church Clarity; women-in-leadership policy unclear; complementarian in practice.

Verify

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Larry Osborne 1980-2019 as senior (now Teaching Pastor/Kingdom Ambassador); successor leadership ongoing. Abuse allegations (2020-2022) from former staff (e.g., Chris Hilken resignation letter) warrant caution.

Caution

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Video-venue multi-site model; Osborne's 'sticky church' methodology.

Caution

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Verify Great Commission focus.

Caution

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

R58 verify: site returned HTTP 403 on re-fetch — unable to verify current doctrinal content; held yellow on prior Church Clarity evidence.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

EFCA (Evangelical Free Church of America); adopted EFCA Statement of Faith in 2008; not independent.

Caution

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

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.

Nashville Statement

Chris Brown

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Directory mislabels as non-denom; actual EFCA affiliation important. Abuse allegations are caution flag. [2026-05-19] Phase 5b auto-merge: absorbed 1 dupe record (north-coast-church-oceanside-ca). Group key: "north coast church @ 2405 n santa fe ave, vista, ca 92083".

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 northcoastchurch.com
[2] Live source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Coast_Church
[3] Live source churchclarity.org/church-old/north-coast-church-1247
[4] Live source northcoastchurch.com

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