Quick Facts
Founded
Unknown
Denomination
PCA
Service Times
See website
Men's Ministry
No
Kids Ministry
No
10-Point Theological Scorecard
Christology
Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)
PCA congregation — Westminster Standards Christology.
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Scripture
Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?
Westminster Confession on Scripture upheld; Ziegler holds Ph.D. from Wheaton College.
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Men's Discipleship
Intentional formation for men?
Active men's ministry.
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Soteriology
Faith alone? How is salvation presented?
Reformation soteriology per Westminster Standards.
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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.
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Leadership Structure
Male elders/pastors? Accountability?
Session-governed under Great Lakes Presbytery; long pastoral tenure since 2009.
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Preaching Style
Expository or topical/therapeutic?
Expository Reformed preaching from a trained academic.
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Mission Clarity
Great Commission central?
Local Chicago metro mission engagement.
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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. Chicago suburb PCA congregation; Ziegler has Crossway publication credits. | RED: Pastor Dr. Geoff Ziegler is a featured contributor and author on the Alliance for Mission and Renewal (AMR) site (a4mr.org / a4mr.substack.com). AMR represents the soft-progressive PCA advocacy wing. 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 — Great Lakes 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
Dr. Geoff Ziegler, Geoff Ziegler
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.
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[1] Live source
trinityhinsdale.com/leadership/
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[2] Live source
crossway.org/authors/geoff-ziegler/
Transparency note: MOOP ratings are researcher judgments about publicly available theological and ecclesial evidence. They are not infallible. If a church's public posture has changed since our review, or if we've mis-read evidence, tell us — we publish corrections.
Last reviewed:
2026-05-16
— Annual review recommended
427 E Walnut St, Hinsdale, IL 60521
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