Providence Reformed Baptist Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Tom Lyon

Founded Not published

Denomination SBC

Service Times Sunday morning (see website)

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.prbcup.org

Pastor Credentials Not published

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Reformed Baptist tradition — 1689 confession affirms Trinity and Chalcedonian Christology.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

1689 confession-aligned Reformed Baptist explicitly affirms Scripture as inerrant, sufficient authority.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Not specifically listed on available pages — verify.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed Baptist soteriology = monergistic grace, penal substitution, justification by faith alone.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

Reformed Baptist ecclesiology holds male-only eldership as historic confessional practice.

Male-only eldership per 1689 confessional practice.

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Pastor Tom Lyon plus additional elders in Reformed Baptist plurality pattern.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed Baptist tradition = expository, Christ-centered.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Confessional missions emphasis consistent with 1689 heritage.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Confessional Reformed Baptist churches typically resist DEI/CRT language.

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Accountability Structure

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

R39: prbcup.org returned ECONNREFUSED; site unreachable. Reformed Baptist identity holds on reputation; verify status in person.

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

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Green ratings based on confessional tradition inference (pages not fetchable this round). Downgrade to yellow if on-site verification reveals divergence.

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 prbc-wa.org/lyon
[2] Live source prbc-wa.org/what-we-believe

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