Valley Evangelical Free Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Quintin Stieff (Lead Pastor); Linton Lundeen (Pastor of Care and Counseling)

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Denomination EFCA

Service Times Sunday mornings — check website for times

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website churches.efca.org/?id=12609

Pastor Credentials Verified via church website

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

EFCA — orthodox Trinitarian.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

EFCA Statement of Faith: Scripture inerrant in the original writings.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Not documented on available content.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

EFCA evangelical — sola fide, substitutionary atonement.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

EFCA permits local determination; Valley Church's specific policy not retrieved on this pass.

EFCA permits local determination

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Elder polity; Lead Pastor Quintin Stieff + pastor of care Linton Lundeen.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

EFCA expository tradition.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Hosted EFCA One 2025 — denomination-wide leadership gathering.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

No CRT/DEI language surfaced.

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Accountability Structure

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

EFCA — Valley Church, West Des Moines, IA.

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Assessment

Valley EFC is an EFCA congregation listed in the EFCA church directory. Evangelical Free theological convictions with Statement of Faith commitment.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Batch URL is EFCA directory search; actual site is valley.church.

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 churches.efca.org
[2] Live source valley.church

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