Trinity Presbyterian Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Mitchell P. Carter (Senior Pastor, called April 2022; previously Assistant Pastor 2020-2022 at Trinity, prior service 2017-2020 at City Church of East Nashville PCA)

Founded Unknown (PCA congregation established in Murfreesboro)

Denomination PCA

Service Times See website for current Sunday service times

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website trinitymboro.com

Pastor Credentials MDiv Covenant Theological Seminary (2016); BS Mathematics Harding University (2013); Ordained TE Nashville Presbytery (PCA)

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

PCA subscribes to Westminster Confession — Trinitarian Nicene orthodoxy.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Westminster Confession Chapter 1 — inerrancy and sole authority of Scripture.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Not highlighted on staff/ministry pages — verify directly.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Westminster sola fide; Reformed soteriology.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

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

PCA requires male-only ordination per Westminster Standards and BCO; complementarian.

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

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Male teaching/ruling elders per PCA polity.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Reformed expository preaching is PCA norm; verify via sermon archive.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Local Murfreesboro / Nashville Presbytery PCA witness.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

RED — current senior pastor Mitchell P. Carter signed the December 2020 Warhurst Protest (warhornmedia.com PCA hall of infamy list). The Warhurst Protest sided against TE Jason Warhurst's prosecution against Greg Johnson / Memorial Presbyterian for the Revoice trajectory; signing it signals soft posture toward the Revoice-camp on sexuality, identity, and church discipline. Watch-item; not a disqualifier in isolation.

Caution

Accountability Structure

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

PCA polity provides session/presbytery/GA accountability.

Strong

Assessment

Trinity Presbyterian Church Murfreesboro is a confessional PCA congregation under Westminster Standards. Senior pastor Mitchell P. Carter signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest, placing him in the same soft-progressive-on-sexuality cohort as Scott Sauls and the broader Revoice-tolerant PCA wing. Doctrinal scores remain green per Westminster Confession; cultural score downgraded to yellow as a discernment flag.

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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)

Mitchell Carter

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Mitchell P. Carter named on the December 2020 Warhurst Protest signer list (warhornmedia.com). At the time of signing he was Assistant Pastor at Trinity (Murfreesboro) and prior at City Church of East Nashville. Called to Senior Pastor of Trinity April 2022.

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 trinitymboro.com/pastors
[2] Live source trinitymboro.com/staff
[3] Live source linkedin.com/in/mitchellpcarter/
[4] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…
[5] Live source naparcsearch.com/pca/nashville

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