Saddleback Church — Whittier Campus — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Andy Wood (lead) / Will Guzman (campus, bilingual Spanish)

Founded Verify

Denomination Southern Baptist (SBC) — disfellowshipped 2023

Service Times Sunday Worship — verify times on website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website saddleback.com/locations/campus-page/whittier-campus/

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, including this bilingual Spanish satellite.

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 the broadcast rotation, translated to Spanish at this campus.

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; the female-teaching-pastor pattern is exported to Spanish-speaking congregations through this campus.

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 Whittier is the bilingual Spanish-language satellite of Saddleback (lead pastor Andy Wood, teaching pastor Stacie Wood; campus pastor Will Guzman). 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:

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Address verified via saddleback.com Whittier campus page (15315 Leffingwell Rd). Bilingual Spanish-language campus established 2017 under Will Guzman.

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 saddleback.com/locations/campus-page/whittier-campus/
[2] Live source christianitytoday.com/2023/02/saddleback-church-southern-…

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