Trinity Grace Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Pulpit transitioning (2025-2026): Todd Capen serving as Interim Pastor; Pastoral Search Committee active. Michael Novak (church planter / senior pastor 2017-2025) transitioned to RUF Area Coordinator role.

Founded 2017

Denomination PCA

Service Times Sunday — worship at 18104 Babcock Rd; office at 6391 DeZavala Rd #106

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.trinitygracesa.org

Pastor Credentials Novak previously RUF Campus Minister at Trinity University San Antonio (2010-2017) before planting Trinity Grace.

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Westminster Standards — Trinitarian.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Westminster Confession Ch. 1 — inerrancy.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify locally.

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA complementarian — male teaching/ruling elders.

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

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Male teaching elders; PCA polity. Two elder candidates (Dan Hermann, Austin Foley) nominated Feb 2026.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed expository preaching is PCA norm; verify locally.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Active church plant established 2017; partnered with McGowan Global Institute on pastoral search.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

RED — founding pastor Michael Novak signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest. Novak transitioned to RUF Area Coordinator role in 2025; Capen is interim. Per Bayly's June 2025 update, no signers have publicly repented. Pulpit transition watch: re-evaluate next senior pastor against the seven statement lists.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

YELLOW — founding PCA pastor on Warhurst Protest list. See warhornmedia.com and savethepca.com.

Caution

Assessment

Trinity Grace Church is a PCA congregation in San Antonio (South Texas Presbytery), planted in 2017 by Michael Novak (RUF veteran). Novak signed the December 2020 Warhurst Protest in the PCA — a known signal of soft posture toward Revoice-adjacent figures. Novak transitioned to RUF Area Coordinator in 2025 and the church is currently in pastoral search with Todd Capen serving as Interim. The cultural posture established under the founding pastor remains an open question for any new senior pastor. Yellow — needs discernment, watch the pastoral search outcome.

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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)

Michael Novak

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Novak's 2017-2025 pastorate confirmed via LinkedIn + church website + byFaith Ministry Transitions. Capen interim status confirmed via church blog (2026). Pulpit transition active — re-cross-check next pastor against the 7 statement lists when called.

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 trinitygracesa.org/blog
[2] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…
[3] Live source byfaithonline.com/ministry-transitions-january-to-july-2025/

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