Providence Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Afshin Ziafat

Founded Unknown

Denomination Acts 29

Service Times See providencefrisco.com

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.providencefrisco.com

Pastor Credentials Iranian-American pastor; SEBTS graduate; conference speaker

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

New Hampshire Confession + BFM Trinitarian.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy explicitly affirmed; 'perfect treasure of heavenly instruction.'

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Men's ministry exists; not distinctively emphasized on public pages.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Confessional Baptist 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?

Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood explicitly affirmed — complementarian at confessional level, arguably green per MOOP since Danvers is designed-nature framing.

Danvers Statement affirmed — explicit complementarian / biblical-manhood-and-womanhood framework.

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Plurality of elders; 9Marks polity influence; membership requires doctrinal agreement.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Expository / 9Marks style.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

SBC cooperative program + church-planting focus.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

No DEI/CRT language; confessional Baptist identity. | GREEN signal: *** INITIAL SIGNER (one of the founding 153) *** Pastor Afshin Ziafat is a public signatory of "The Nashville Statement on Biblical Sexuality" (CBMW, 2017-08-25, cbmw.org/nashville-statement). The Nashville Statement is the post-2017 evangelical line on biblical anthropology, marriage, and sexual ethics — affirming creation order, one-man-one-woman marriage, and biblical sexuality. Signing places the pastor on the orthodox / non-affirming side of the 2017 evangelical fault line.

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Accountability Structure

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

Southern Baptist Convention + 9Marks + The Gospel Coalition affiliations.

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Assessment

Providence Church Frisco is led by Afshin Ziafat, an Iranian-American pastor known for passionate gospel preaching and missions emphasis. His personal testimony of converting from Islam to Christianity in Texas gives him a unique perspective on the gospel. Strong Acts 29 network connection. Solid biblical teaching with a heart for unreached peoples. Excellent option for men seeking gospel-centered, missions-minded church life in the DFW area.

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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

Afshin Ziafat

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

[2026-05-19] Phase 5b auto-merge: absorbed 1 dupe record (providence-church-frisco-sbc-tx). Group key: "providence church @ frisco, tx".

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] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20260211125821/https://www.providence…
↳ Snapshot of providencefrisco.com/im-new/our-beliefs/ (live link)
[2] Live source providencefrisco.com/im-new/our-team/afshin-ziafat/
[3] Live source thegospelcoalition.org/profile/afshin-ziafat/

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