The Summit Church - Holly Springs — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable J.D. Greear (Lead Pastor); Bryan Loritts (featured on Who We Are)

Founded See website

Denomination SBC

Service Times Sunday morning (see website)

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website summitchurch.com

Pastor Credentials See website

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Orthodox Baptist evangelical — gospel-prioritized.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

SBC/Acts 29 — inerrancy affirmed denominationally.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

'Men's Discipleship' ministry confirmed in site navigation.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Confirmed substitutionary atonement: 'Jesus lived a sinless life in my place, died the death that I deserved, and rose to life again.'

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

Complementarian per SBC/Acts 29; recent SBC debates show Greear has navigated leftward on some issues (e.g., historic 'women teaching men' controversies at Summit resolved by 2021 clarification).

Complementarian SBC/Acts 29; past women-teaching controversies

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Elder-led; multi-site; J.D. Greear + Bryan Loritts featured on 'Who We Are'.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Expository / biblical preaching tradition.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Goal of 1,000 new churches by 2050; Great Commission central.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

'Ethnic unity' / 'creating a movement of disciple-making disciples—men and women who reflect the diversity of our community, lived out in authentic unity' — SBC missional ethnic-unity framing; not Revoice/Side-B but flagged by some conservatives as CRT-adjacent. Held YELLOW.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

Southern Baptist Convention (J.D. Greear — former SBC president 2018-2020); Acts 29 Network; 9Marks/TGC adjacencies.

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Assessment

National directory entry — web-verified pastor, website, and Facebook. Visit website for full theological details.

#sbc#holly-springs#north-carolina#multisite#jd-greear

MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

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 summitchurch.com
[2] Live source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Greear
[3] Live source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summit_Church

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