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Harvest Point Church (fictional)

200 Sample Rd, Faketown, NC · Founded 2010 · 1000+ people

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Orthodoxy gate
A position outside historic orthodoxy is documented
Red flags
5 documented
Elders, including pastors
1, about 1 per 1500 members
Denomination
None on record

Denomination

No denominational affiliation is on record.

Orthodoxy gate

A position outside historic orthodoxy is documented

  • ScriptureNot documented
  • Doctrine of GodNot documented
  • TrinityWithin
  • Person of ChristNot documented
  • Creation & the fallNot documented
  • AtonementNot documented
  • Gospel & justificationOutside
  • Final judgmentNot documented
  • Prosperity & signsConcern

A teaching found here is outside historic orthodoxy. Read what it means and why it matters:

What heresy is, and the heresies we watch for

Red flags

  • Tier 1 failure

    A position outside historic orthodoxy is documented.

  • Prosperity teaching

    Prosperity teaching is documented.

  • Senior pastor accountable to no one

    No one is documented above the senior pastor.

  • More than 50% of leaders from one family

    More than half of leaders belong to one family.

  • Repeated splits within 10 years

    2 splits within the last 10 years.

Dimension grades

Each dimension stands alone. Grades are not combined into one number.

  • Preaching

    High confidence

    F

    Preaching: evidence

    10 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Share of sermons that are expository

      • 2 Timothy 3:16-4:5

      • Nehemiah 8:8

      • Acts 20:27

    • Scripture read and explained per sermon

    • Gospel clarity

    • Breadth of the canon covered in 12 months

  • Consistency

    Low confidence

    Insufficient data

    Consistency: evidence

    1 item was counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Do stated positions match what is preached and what the bylaws say?

      • Acts 17:11

  • Leadership

    Medium confidence

    F

    Leadership: evidence

    3 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Plural elders

      • Acts 14:23

      • Acts 20:17

      • Acts 20:28

      • Philippians 1:1

      • James 5:14

    • Qualifications per 1 Tim 3 / Titus 1 addressed

      • 1 Timothy 3:1-7

      • Titus 1:5-9

      • 1 Peter 5:1-4

    • Accountability above the senior pastor

      • 1 Timothy 5:19-21

    • Family concentration among leaders

  • Shepherding

    Low confidence

    Insufficient data

    Shepherding: evidence

    2 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Elders know and visit members

      • Acts 20:28-31

      • Hebrews 13:17

      • Ezekiel 34

      • John 21:15-17

    • Elder-to-member ratio

    • Self-understanding as a covenant body vs. an organization

      • 1 Corinthians 12

      • Ephesians 4:11-16

      • Hebrews 10:24-25

      • 1 Peter 2:4-10

  • Membership & discipline

    Low confidence

    Insufficient data

    Membership & discipline: evidence

    0 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Meaningful membership

    • Discipline of members

      • Matthew 18:15-20

      • 1 Corinthians 5

      • 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

      • Galatians 6:1

    • Defined process for charges against an elder, heard by someone other than the accused

      • 1 Timothy 5:19-21

    • Restoration practiced

      • 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

  • Stability

    Medium confidence

    F

    Stability: evidence

    3 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Splits and lawsuits; context recorded (a split over doctrine is not equal to a split over carpet)

    • Pastor tenure and elder turnover

  • Congregational health

    Low confidence

    Insufficient data

    Congregational health: evidence

    0 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Congregational survey results and teaching-to-pew gap

  • Transparency

    Low confidence

    Insufficient data

    Transparency: evidence

    2 items were counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Published bylaws, statement of faith, financials, elder list, sermon archive

    • Questionnaire completed

  • Sacraments & worship

    Low confidence

    Insufficient data

    Sacraments & worship: evidence

    1 item was counted toward this grade. Sources appear here when a published finding cites them.

    What this dimension measures

    • Lord's Supper and baptism practiced as stated

      • Matthew 28:18-20

      • 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

      • Romans 6:1-4

    • Scripture in worship

Insufficient data means too little recent evidence to grade. It is not a low grade.

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Positions

TopicStatedPreachedDocumented
Prosperity & signsStatedNot recordedPreachedSoft prosperityDocumentedNot recorded
Church governmentStatedNot recordedPreachedNot recordedDocumentedPastor-led (apostolic)
TrinityStatedNicene TrinitarianPreachedNot recordedDocumentedNot recorded
Gospel & justification Sources differStatedBy faith alone, Christ's righteousness imputedPreachedFaith plus works/sacramentsDocumentedNot recorded

Findings

No findings have been published.

Shepherding

Size
About 1500 members
Elders, including pastors
1 (about 1500 members per elder)
Deacons
Not known

These numbers help you ask how well people are known and cared for. They are not part of any grade, and a small number says nothing on its own. Ask the elders how they shepherd the church.

Diagrams

Discipline process

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Items

  • Go privately (Matt 18:15) (marked for attention)
  • Take one or two others (Matt 18:16) (marked for attention)
  • Tell it to the church (Matt 18:17) (marked for attention)
  • Removal from fellowship (Matt 18:17) (marked for attention)
  • Restoration (2 Cor 2:5-11) (marked for attention)
  • Charge against an elder needs two or three witnesses (1 Tim 5:19) (marked for attention)
  • No documented process (marked for attention)

Connections

  • Go privately (Matt 18:15), leads to, Take one or two others (Matt 18:16)
  • Take one or two others (Matt 18:16), leads to, Tell it to the church (Matt 18:17)
  • Tell it to the church (Matt 18:17), leads to, Removal from fellowship (Matt 18:17)
  • Removal from fellowship (Matt 18:17), leads to, Restoration (2 Cor 2:5-11)
  • Charge against an elder needs two or three witnesses (1 Tim 5:19), leads to, No documented process
Accountability map

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Items

  • Pastor Vance (fictional) (pastor) (marked for attention)
  • No one documented above (marked for attention)
  • Mrs Vance (fictional) (staff)
  • Son Vance (fictional) (staff)

Connections

  • Pastor Vance (fictional) (pastor), accountable to, No one documented above
  • Mrs Vance (fictional) (staff), accountable to, Pastor Vance (fictional) (pastor)
  • Son Vance (fictional) (staff), accountable to, Pastor Vance (fictional) (pastor)
Organization chart

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Items

  • Pastor: Pastor Vance (fictional)
  • Staff: Mrs Vance (fictional)
  • Staff: Son Vance (fictional)

Connections

  • Pastor: Pastor Vance (fictional), leads to, Staff: Mrs Vance (fictional)
  • Pastor: Pastor Vance (fictional), leads to, Staff: Son Vance (fictional)
Leadership timeline

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Items

  • Pastor Vance (fictional) (pastor), 2012-01-01 to present
  • Mrs Vance (fictional) (staff), 2012-01-01 to present
  • Son Vance (fictional) (staff), 2012-01-01 to present

Connections

  • Pastor Vance (fictional) (pastor), 2012-01-01 to present, leads to, Mrs Vance (fictional) (staff), 2012-01-01 to present
  • Mrs Vance (fictional) (staff), 2012-01-01 to present, leads to, Son Vance (fictional) (staff), 2012-01-01 to present
Stated and preached

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Items

  • Gospel & justification, stated: By faith alone, Christ's righteousness imputed (marked for attention)
  • preached: Faith plus works/sacraments (marked for attention)

Connections

  • Gospel & justification, stated: By faith alone, Christ's righteousness imputed, differs, preached: Faith plus works/sacraments

Trajectory

No year-over-year records are available without a lens, or none exist yet.

Congregational health

No survey results are published. Results stay hidden until at least 25 members respond, or at least 20% of members with no fewer than 5 responses. Only aggregates are ever shown.