Roadmap to V10.0
The long-term plan for growing the MOOP Church Directory from V5.0 (4,911 churches, 2026-05-02) through every subsequent milestone to V6.0 Networks + Speakers (13,948 churches, 2026-05-18 — six Reformed-evangelical networks integrated as cross-listings, eight conferences' speakers mapped to home churches, 9,000+ research leads queued, 13,948 per-church pages generated). The V10.0 count-gate was crossed in a single Phase 6 lead-promotion session; current focus is post-bulk-add quality enrichment (live-fetch pastor verification on network-promoted records) and editorial polish.
V5.0 → V6.0 Networks (V10 count-gate crossed at 13,948)
Every count-milestone crossed · 9,037 net new evaluations · 2026-05-02 → 2026-05-18
~5,100
Net new evaluations
7+
New denomination families
How to read this page
Each version represents a coherent body of work, not just a count. The directory grows by denomination family and geographic coverage — not by bulk import. Every new record is verified pastor + working website + real address + theological scoring across 10 dimensions.
Status labels: Done = shipped + pushed; Current = in progress; Planned = scoped but not started. Target dates assume one focused 3–5 hour sprint per version, fired against a fresh weekly subscription budget.
V5.0.0
Reformed Tradition Comprehensive
Done · 2026-05-02
"The directory crosses the 4,777 ambitious-target gate with comprehensive Reformed-tradition coverage."
Denominational families filled
- PCA 175 (was 91) — full underrepresented-state nationwide pass + Warhurst-discernment cross-reference
- Reformed Baptist 152 (was 33; +361%) — mid-Atlantic + Midwest + West/South + CBA/Founders/RBNet sweep
- OPC 84 across 32 states (was 60 across 16) — mountain west + plains + NE/MW infill
- LCMS 103 — Midwest stronghold expansion + targeted backfill
- Continental Reformed — URCNA / HRC / FRCNA / PRC / RCUS / NRC
- Sovereign Grace Churches — nationwide expansion +55
- EPC + ARP — full Presbytery of the West + non-SC ARP nationwide
Infrastructure shipped
- Live progress page (
directory-overview.html) with state heatmap, denomination chart, rating breakdown, engagement metrics
- Dynamic counts on all 4 directory pages — auto-refresh from
churches.json
- 353 churches with populated public-statement signature attributions across 7 lists
- Reproducible
church-directory-enrichment skill + CLAUDE.md operating manual
- Anchor congregations: Tom Ascol Grace Baptist Cape Coral, Doug Wilson Christ Church Moscow, Mark Dever CHBC, Alistair Begg Parkside, Voddie Baucham, John MacArthur, plus 4 PCA Warhurst-discernment churches
V6.0.0
Wesleyan / Anabaptist / Charismatic Foundation + Drift Documentation
Current · target late May 2026
"Document the drift. Fill the families we've never touched. Bring the directory honest about both who's holding the line and who's slipping it."
New denomination families (largest single ROI)
- GMC (Global Methodist Church) — 31 → ~200 (formed 2022 from UMC orthodox split; nationwide first comprehensive pass)
- WELS — 14 → ~80 (most-confessional Lutheran body; nationally ~1,200 churches)
- Conservative Mennonite + Brethren — 6 → ~60 (CMC, Biblical Mennonite Alliance, Charity Christian Fellowship, Old Order conservatives)
- Foursquare conservative wing — 0 → ~50 (Hayford-tradition orthodox congregations identifiable via complementarian polity)
- Vineyard conservative wing — 1 → ~40 (Wimber-tradition charismatic-evangelical orthodox subset)
Drift documentation
- SBC megachurch female-pastor sweep — Saddleback / Bayside / Fern Creek precedent; CA + TX + FL + Mid-South / Carolinas (~50 churches with BLACK rating + credentials-committee-referral notes)
- Acts 29 nationwide — 80 → ~140 (West Coast + Mountain West + Pacific NW + Midwest urban plants)
- Remaining 85 PCA Warhurst signers — YELLOW + cultural=red + populated
signatories.warhurst_protest_2020
SBC megachurch fills
- West Coast SBC (CA / WA / OR / Mountain West)
- Texas + Florida megachurch + lead-pastor verification
- Northeast thin-state evangelical fill
- Carolinas SBC backfill — 50K+ town FBCs missing
Data quality
- 462
Verify-pastor records — full sweep via /staff page + LinkedIn cross-reference
- 1,666 incomplete-address records — street + ZIP backfill via denomination directories
- Sermon-archive backfill for top 350 GREEN churches (URL + platform)
Infrastructure
- SVG choropleth map replaces current state heatmap grid
- 14-entry
directory_changelog spanning V4.7 through V6.0.0
V7.0.0
Pentecostal / Charismatic Orthodox + Thin-State Complete
Planned · June 2026
"Cover the orthodox wing of every charismatic / Wesleyan / dispensational stream — and finish the thin states that still have single-digit coverage."
Denominational families to complete
- Calvary Chapel Association — 96 → ~150 (full nationwide; distinguish CCA from non-affiliated Calvary Chapels)
- Free Will Baptist (FWB) — nationwide first pass
- Independent Bible churches — BBFI / IFCA / GARBC nationwide deep dive
- Conservative Methodist + Wesleyan — Free Methodist orthodox, Wesleyan Church orthodox, Salvation Army Sallies
- Eastern Orthodox conservative — OCA, ROCOR, GOARCH conservative wings (parishes only, not jurisdictions)
- REC (Reformed Episcopal Church) — full nationwide
- RPCNA — full expansion (was incidentally noted in V5.0 work)
- RCUS Eureka Classis — full coverage
Thin-state nationwide closers
- Texas county-by-county Bible Belt deep dive
- California: Inland Empire + Central Valley + North Coast non-coverage areas
- Pacific NW non-Seattle / non-Portland evangelical footprint
- Mountain West small-town orthodox congregations
Infrastructure
- Mobile-responsive directory layout improvements
- Per-denomination filter chips (currently denomination is a free-text dropdown)
V8.0.0
Signature + Sermon Archive Complete; 7,777 Crossed
Planned · July 2026
"Hit the original 7,777 ambitious-target. Every record fully enriched. The directory's first 'complete' release."
Data depth — every record enriched
- All 22,916 Nashville Statement initial-and-corroborated signers cross-referenced + attributed
- All 13,169 Dallas Statement initial-and-corroborated signers cross-referenced + attributed
- All 109 PCA Warhurst + 17 AMR + 17 Letter of Lament + 60 Revoice + 241 CBE Egalitarian signers attributed
- Sermon archive URL + platform populated for top 1,000 GREEN churches
- All
needs_review records human-triaged + resolved
- All remaining
Verify pastor placeholders resolved
- All incomplete-address records normalized
Infrastructure
- Full-text pastor + church name search (currently filter-only by denomination + state)
- Personal-engagement reports module — first batch of detailed reports for the ~50 churches Adam has actually visited
- Per-denomination health dashboards (drift trajectory over time as recorded in
signatures_aggregate)
Original-goal crossing celebration
- Roadmap section on
directory-overview.html updates: 7,000 → 7,777 marked done
- Public retrospective blog post: "How the MOOP Directory got from 1,000 to 7,777"
V9.0.0
International + Spanish/Korean/Chinese Language Expansion
Planned · August 2026
"Beyond US English-language Protestantism. The orthodox confessing church is global."
International (English-language) confessional
- Canada — PCC (Presbyterian Church in Canada Reformed), CRC, URCNA Canada, FRCNA, OPC Canada presbyteries
- UK — Free Church of Scotland, Free Presbyterian Church, EPCEW, Affinity-affiliated congregations
- Australia / NZ — Presbyterian Church of Australia (orthodox subset), Reformed Churches of Australia, Reformed Churches of NZ, Sydney Anglican Diocese parishes
US multilingual congregations
- Spanish-language US — PCA Latino + SBC Hispanic + Reformed Baptist Latino + Iglesia Bautista Reformada / 1689
- Korean-language US — Korean Capital Presbytery + KAPC + Korean American Presbyterian Church + Korean SBC
- Chinese-language US — CCCOWE-affiliated + Chinese Mission Convention orthodox
- Filipino-language US — orthodox confessional Filipino congregations
Infrastructure
- Multi-language church name + city display (Hangul, Hanzi, Spanish accents)
- Country-level filter on directory pages (currently US-only assumed)
V10.0.0
Comprehensive National Directory — The Definitive Resource
Target · Q4 2026
"The first complete edition of the MOOP Church Directory. The reference work the project was always aiming at."
Coverage targets met
- Every US state with at least 50 evaluated churches; small states (RI, VT, NH, ND, SD, WY, AK, HI, DC) at ≥20 each
- Every confessional Protestant denomination with ≥10 representative congregations
- Every PCA / OPC / EPC / ARP / URCNA / RCUS / NRC / FRCNA / HRC presbytery or classis represented
- Every SBC state convention represented in proportion to membership
- Top 500 US "megachurches" (1,800+ avg attendance) all evaluated
Data infrastructure complete
- Every record has verified pastor, working https website, real street address, 10-dimension scoring, populated signatures cross-reference where applicable
- Personal-engagement records for Adam's top 75–100 personally-attended churches with detailed visit reports
- SVG choropleth map with hover-tooltips showing top denominations + recent additions per state
- Mobile-app companion (?) — directory in-pocket for travel + church-shopping
- Public API for third-party integrations (read-only church-discernment lookups)
Cultural / pastoral output
- Per-denomination "drift trajectory" published reports — what the data shows about each major denomination's direction 2017–2026
- Annual MOOP Directory Report — 50–100 page printed/PDF state-of-the-orthodox-church-in-America summary
- Pastoral-discernment toolkit derived from the dataset — "How to evaluate a church before joining"
What this is and isn't
This directory is one Marine veteran's discernment ledger, not an official seal of approval from any denominational body. The 10-dimension scoring, signatory cross-references, and drift documentation reflect a conservative-orthodox-confessional theological frame; readers from other frames should weigh accordingly.
The roadmap above is best-effort planning, not a contract. Dates assume continued availability of subscription budget + denomination directories staying online + agents continuing to verify cleanly. The directory is shipped openly so anyone can audit, dispute, or fork the data.
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