Stonebriar Community Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Dr. Jonathan Murphy (Senior Pastor since May 2024); Chuck Swindoll (Founding Pastor, retired October 2024)

Founded Established congregation

Denomination Non-Denominational

Service Times Sunday mornings (check website for times)

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.stonebriar.org

Pastor Credentials Verified via church website

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

SBC church — affirms orthodox Christology (Nicene, Chalcedonian).

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

'The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe' per statement of faith; DTS-heritage inerrancy.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Men's ministry not surfaced on accessible pages.

Strong

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

DTS-heritage dispensational/evangelical: sola fide, substitutionary atonement.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

Male senior pastor; complementarian. Swindoll's legacy is solidly complementarian.

Dr. Jonathan Murphy (DTS); Chuck Swindoll Founding Pastor (retired Oct 2024); DTS-heritage complementarian

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Founded by Chuck Swindoll (1998); Dr. Jonathan Murphy now Senior Pastor (DTS professor). Elder plurality not fully verified on accessible pages.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Expository preaching heritage — Chuck Swindoll built Stonebriar on verse-by-verse exposition; Dr. Murphy (DTS) continues expository tradition.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

SBC churches give through Cooperative Program; Great Commission emphasis standard.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

No DEI/CRT/affirming language; traditional DTS-dispensational heritage.

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Accountability Structure

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

Non-denominational / independent — not SBC. Dispensational / DTS theological roots, but fully independent governance. Upgrade yellow because theologically sound but no denominational accountability.

Strong

Assessment

Needs on-the-ground review. Added to directory for coverage.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Orthodox-aligned 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.

Nashville Statement

Dr. Jonathan Murphy

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Pastor update: Jonathan Murphy now senior. Upgrade scripture/soteriology/preaching/cultural to green based on DTS-heritage Swindoll legacy. 403 on some pages prevented full elder-roster verification. --- Merged from stonebriar-community-church-frisco-sbc-tx: MIS-TAG: was tagged SBC but is explicitly non-denominational. Correct denomination to 'Non-denominational evangelical (Swindoll / DTS tradition)'.

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] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20251114050425/https://en.wikipedia.o…
↳ Snapshot of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonebriar_Community_Church (live link)
[2] Live source stonebriar.org/who-we-are/our-statement-of-faith/
[3] Live source stonebriar.org

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