Summit Creek Church

Kaitlin Hughes

I have been going to Summit Creek for almost 7 years, and I am so thankful I get to call them my church family. They follow Jesus and what the Bible says so well, and that is not something everyone is used to. If you are looking for a church filled with people who will love you, help you grow in your relationship with God, and speak truth to you even when it’s difficult, you will feel at home here. This church does its best to practice John 17:17, not always doing it perfectly, because no one is perfect. But their intentions are pure, and their hearts are for the people. They care about everyone who walks through their doors, and try to make all feel seen and wanted. Without them taking the time and effort to walk this life with me, I don’t know where I would be. Summit Creek is a blessing, and I pray more people are able to experience this kind of church family. Whether that be here, or wherever God calls them to!

William Aguilar

I was a member, served on Sundays, attended small group, made great relationships there, and so on for almost two years. I’ve been going to church since I was a child and accepted Jesus as a teen. I acknowledge that I am not perfect and have growth to do as a Christian. I understand no church is perfect but after my own experience and learning more about this church. That doesn’t apply to Summit at its current state. Summit Creek is part of “The Network” that is connected to multiple churches across the country that follow the same doctrine and methods under The Network. The Network is lead by Steve Morgan who you know little to nothing about from his background or “testimony”. You can look up “Leaving the Network” for more details. I started to become more aware of red flags less than year ago but never acknowledged them until more popped up and I had to take a step back to observe it all Things I’ve experienced and witnessed are: •After attending and receiving attention(love bombing) for the first couple services, eventually you get asked to be a member, go through a long process, commit to them only, and you MUST tithe or you’re asked to go find another church and told that this church isn’t for you. •They tell you to listen to your leaders because they know what’s “best” for you. They emphasize this a lot even though some leaders have no training or understanding on how to lead people struggling with certain sins, mental health, or past wounds. •There were questionable/recycled sermons. (Once you’re there for a while, you begin to notice.) •I attend or help out other ministry groups outside of the church that actually do great work and bring many to Christ. Those groups helped me grow, heal past wounds, or brought me to Christ in the first place. I’ve been suggested to leave them, as well as having some jabs thrown at them even though they say other churches/ministries are “good” and have the “same” mission. (Not true) •They only grow their pastors and ministry from within with no theological background or training required. They only follow the format given by their Network. Any doctrine outside the church that isn’t theirs is ignored •I’ve witnessed/saw a list of the church ranking leaders on how they pray one evening last year. These are the things I noticed myself. I’ll just stop here since there are too many things to share personally and I know others with their own experiences as well. There are great, genuine people and families there that I love that just simply attend, who truly love Jesus, and want to grow in their relationship with him there. I am grateful for the good times and relationships that I made but I couldn’t be apart of a church system that is conditional. They want to be your friend and do life together until you don’t commit to them or meet their conditions of membership. It’s very cultish and I’ll honestly call it that. A Cult. Its not the gospel I know and grew up with in my walk with Jesus over the years. The gospel is not conditional, it’s not secretive, and it’s not manipulative. It took months to process everything, looking more into scripture myself once I became more aware of these things to arrive to this conclusion. This is for those having second thoughts or for new people who are curious for a review of Summit Creek before they attend a service, specifically from a ex members experience. To sum it up: I don’t recommend this church.

M.A. McCool

Best church I have been in for a long time. Music is amazing, and messages are powerful and spiritual. Feel at home here.

Nancy Fehringer

We visited Summit Creek in July of 2017 and found it to be a Bible believing, truly welcoming, vibrant community of believers in Jesus. Even though we were from out of town, we stayed afterward for a long time conversing with some of the regular families. We know a student headed to NCU and recommended Summit Creek to him when he arrives in Eugene. We will definitely go back if we are ever back in Eugene again.