The View Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Gregory Perkins

Founded Verify

Denomination SBC

Service Times Sunday Worship — verify times on website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.theview.church

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Not directly verified — not the source of drift; default cautious yellow pending closer review

Caution

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Not directly verified — default cautious yellow given departure from BF&M 2000 Article VI

Caution

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Pastoral-staff confusion (women in pastor offices) materially undermines the men-as-pastor pattern men's discipleship ought to model.

WARNING!

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Not directly verified — default cautious yellow pending closer review

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Two women carry pastor titles per current staff page: Dr. Regina Bennett, 'Pastor of Discipleship'; Minister Annsy Vanoukia, 'Pastor of Worship, Arts & Guest Relations.' BF&M 2000 reserves the office of pastor for men.

Female pastors confirmed via current church staff page (theview.church/staff): Dr. Regina Bennett, 'Pastor of Discipleship'; Minister Annsy Vanoukia, 'Pastor of Worship, Arts & Guest Relations.' SBC Baptist Faith & Message 2000 Article VI reserves the office of pastor/elder/overseer for men; this congregation is in tension with BF&M 2000 Article VI on at least two named pastoral roles.

WARNING!

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Female pastoral office bearers placed under male senior pastor and elder council — leadership structure conflicts with confessional standard.

WARNING!

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Not directly verified — default cautious yellow pending closer review

Caution

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Not directly verified — default cautious yellow pending closer review

Caution

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Lead pastor Gregory Perkins serves as president of the National African American Fellowship of the SBC, which has publicly raised concerns about the SBC's Law Amendment effort to oust churches with women bearing pastor titles. Position aligns the congregation with the egalitarian-trending wing of the convention.

WARNING!

Accountability Structure

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

SBC-affiliated via Inland Empire Baptist Association and the National African American Fellowship; in tension with BF&M 2000 Article VI but not (as of 2026-05) referred to or disfellowshipped by the SBC Credentials Committee.

WARNING!

Assessment

The View Church (Menifee, CA) is a fast-growing African-American SBC congregation under lead pastor Gregory Perkins, who serves as president of the National African American Fellowship of the SBC. The current staff page lists Dr. Regina Bennett as 'Pastor of Discipleship' and Minister Annsy Vanoukia as 'Pastor of Worship, Arts & Guest Relations' — both women holding pastor titles in tension with BF&M 2000 Article VI ('the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture'). Following the 2023 Saddleback / Fern Creek precedent, this is exactly the staffing pattern the SBC Credentials Committee has scrutinized; The View has not (as of May 2026) been formally referred or disfellowshipped, but the structure puts the church in confessional tension with the convention's adopted statement of faith.

#sbc#drift#female-pastor#credentials-committee-referral#ca#menifee#needs-review#naaf#african-american-sbc#inland-empire

MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Verified current female-pastor titles (May 2026) via theview.church/staff. SBC affiliation confirmed via CSBC author bio for Gregory Perkins and via 2023 Word&Way / Religion News Service coverage that explicitly named The View Church (Menifee) as an example of the African-American SBC churches with women pastor titles that the SBC Credentials Committee may need to address.

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 theview.church/staff
[2] Live source wordandway.org/2023/07/10/many-african-american-sbc-churc…
[3] Live source csbc.com/csbc-authors/gregory-perkins/
[4] Live source religionnews.com/2023/07/10/many-african-american-sbc-chu…

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