Quick Facts
Founded
Verify
Denomination
Southern Baptist (SBC) — disfellowshipped 2023
Service Times
Sunday Worship — verify times on website
Men's Ministry
No
Kids Ministry
Yes
10-Point Theological Scorecard
Christology
Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)
Saddleback's drift is over gender, not Christology; cautious yellow.
Caution
Scripture
Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?
BF&M 2000 Article VI departure not a denial of inerrancy; cautious yellow.
Caution
Men's Discipleship
Intentional formation for men?
Female teaching pastor in the broadcast pulpit undermines the men-as-pastor pattern.
WARNING!
Soteriology
Faith alone? How is salvation presented?
Not directly named in disfellowship; cautious yellow.
Caution
Gender / Biblical Design
Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?
Stacie Wood functions as teaching pastor across all campuses.
Stacie Wood functions as 'teaching pastor' across all Saddleback campuses. BF&M 2000 Article VI reserves the office of pastor for men.
WARNING!
Leadership Structure
Male elders/pastors? Accountability?
Stacie Wood functions in the office of pastor contrary to BF&M 2000.
WARNING!
Preaching Style
Expository or topical/therapeutic?
Stacie Wood preaches in broadcast rotation.
WARNING!
Mission Clarity
Great Commission central?
Cooperative Program participation severed June 2023.
Caution
Cultural Alignment
DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?
Saddleback doubled down on female pastoral leadership rather than remediate.
WARNING!
Accountability Structure
Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?
Disfellowshipped Feb 2023; appeal denied June 2023; left CSBC October 2023.
WARNING!
Assessment
Saddleback Church San Diego (Carmel Valley) is the southernmost California satellite of Saddleback (lead pastor Andy Wood, teaching pastor Stacie Wood). It receives the same broadcast preaching rotation. Saddleback was disfellowshipped from the SBC February 2023 over Stacie Wood functioning as 'teaching pastor'; this record exists for drift documentation only.
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MOOP Engagement Tracker
How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:
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Sources & Evidence
Enrichment Notes
Address verified via saddleback.com San Diego campus page. Disfellowship history verified via Christianity Today coverage.
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.
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[1] Live source
saddleback.com/locations/campus-page/san-diego-campus/
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[2] Live source
christianitytoday.com/2023/02/saddleback-church-southern-…
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Last reviewed:
2026-05-16
— Annual review recommended
5951 Village Center Loop Rd, San Diego, CA 92130
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