Seven Hills Presbyterian — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Matt Owens (Senior Pastor) — David Richter (signer) departed for City Church East Nashville in 2021

Founded 2012

Denomination PCA

Service Times Sunday morning worship

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website sevenhillschurch.org

Pastor Credentials Matt Owens — former Asst Pastor at Seven Hills, returned as Senior Pastor 2022. David Richter (signer) — planted CTKS 2012 (later renamed Seven Hills 2020), then moved to Nashville 2021.

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

PCA confessional — Westminster Standards.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

PCA affirms inerrancy per Westminster Confession Ch. 1.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify in person.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Westminster Standards — Reformed soteriology.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA complementarian polity — male elders. Matt Owens (male) Senior Pastor.

PCA complementarian — male teaching/ruling elders per Westminster Standards + Book of Church Order.

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

PCA BCO plurality of elders; Southern New England Presbytery accountability.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

PCA expository norm.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Somerville MA / Greater Boston.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Pastor matches a red-direction signature list (Warhurst/AMR/Lament/Revoice/CBE) WITH state/presbytery corroboration — cultural drift marker per drift-watch protocol. Auto-applied YELLOW + cultural=red downgrade. RED — current/recent senior pastor signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest (PCA pastors who protested the SJC's discipline of TE Greg Johnson over Revoice / same-sex-attracted ordained men). Cultural posture trends progressive on sexuality discourse.

WARNING!

Accountability Structure

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

PCA — Southern New England Presbytery.

Strong

Assessment

Seven Hills Presbyterian is a Southern New England Presbytery (PCA) congregation in Somerville, MA (Boston metro). Originally planted in 2012 as Christ the King Somerville (CTKS) out of Christ the King Cambridge by David Richter, the church particularized in 2020 and renamed Seven Hills. Richter signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest then took a call to City Church East Nashville in 2021. Matt Owens (former Asst Pastor) returned as Senior Pastor in 2022. PCA Westminster confessional theology, complementarian polity, presbytery oversight. Recommended for men in greater Boston / Somerville seeking a PCA congregation; verify pastoral counseling posture given the cultural-drift signal from the founding pastor.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Soft-progressive 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.

Warhurst Protest (2020)

David Richter

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

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 sevenhillschurch.org/ourstory
[2] Live source zoominfo.com/p/David-Richter/1343391674
[3] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…

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