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 Temecula Valley (located in Murrieta) is the inland-Riverside-County satellite of Saddleback (lead pastor Andy Wood, teaching pastor Stacie Wood; campus pastor Johnny Montgomery). 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 Temecula Valley campus page (24801 Monroe Ave, Murrieta).
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/temecula-valley-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
24801 Monroe Ave, Murrieta, CA 92562
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