Spanish River Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Rev. David Cassidy (Senior Pastor)

Founded Unknown

Denomination PCA

Service Times See website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry No

Website www.spanishriver.com

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

PCA congregation — Westminster Standards Christology.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Westminster Confession of Faith on Scripture upheld.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Active men's discipleship ministry.

Strong

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformation soteriology per Westminster Standards.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA polity — male-only teaching and ruling elders.

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Session-governed under South Florida Presbytery.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Expository preaching tradition.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Robust church planting initiative (SRCP); global mission partnerships.

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. Major South Florida PCA congregation; Cassidy formerly led church planting movement (Spanish River Church Planting). | RED: Pastor David Cassidy serves on the Alliance for Mission and Renewal (AMR) Executive Board (a4mr.org). AMR is a 501(c)(3) PCA advocacy nonprofit in the Keller / Redeemer-network mold, pushing soft-progressive positions on women's roles, sexual ethics post-Revoice, and Kellerite urban missiology. EIN 92-4022322 per Cause IQ. Per the "people is policy" principle, leaders on AMR, the Warhurst Protest list, or the Letter of Lament are strong signals of liberal undercurrent at the church.

WARNING!

Accountability Structure

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

PCA — South Florida Presbytery. | YELLOW: PCA pastor on AMR roster — see a4mr.org and savethepca.com. Roughly 8-16% of PCA pastors are reported to skirt the BCO around feminism, CRT, and Kellerite missiology; AMR membership is one of the strongest positive identifiers of that wing.

Caution

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.

Alliance for Mission & Renewal

Rev. David Cassidy, David Cassidy

Source: a4mr.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

[2026-05-19] Phase 7 signatory cross-reference: +1 new ledger entry (Alliance for Mission and Renewal). Final aggregate: red.

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 spanishriver.com/team
[2] Live source spanishriver.com/about-us

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