OUR VISION
Our vision at Duke Street Church is simply this:
To Know Jesus and Make Jesus Known
OUR Values
We seek to be a church that is
OUR beliefs
We are a member of the Evangelical Alliance, and have adopted their Statement of Faith
the world
We believe that the world in which we live is the creation of a perfectly good and loving God, and that the key to full life is found in relationship with this God.
the mess
We believe that the deepest cause behind many problems and evils in the world is a failure to be rightly aligned to God’s will. None of us is entirely without fault.
the solution
We believe that in Jesus Christ, God became a human being - to make known, in the best way possible, what God is truly like, how to live God’s way, and to make available a way to God that was previously unavailable.
the cross
In his death, Jesus willingly took upon himself the faults of all others and suffered, on our behalf, what we deserve. God made the first move – in Jesus we can be completely forgiven and so the relationship can be restored. Jesus rose from death, and lives, by his Spirit, in those who trust and follow him.
the holy spirit
The Holy Spirit affirms all those who trust Jesus as children of God. The Spirit empowers us with gifts for a mission, and convicts, guides, comforts, counsels, and leads us into truth through a communal life of worship and outward expressions of our faith.
the future
We believe that this relationship with God continues beyond death, and that eventually God will re-make and restore the world, eliminating for ever all evil, suffering and death. We believe that, just as Jesus rose from death, those who trust in him will live in renewed bodies in a renewed world.
the church
The church is rooted and grounded in Christ, practicing spiritual disciplines and celebrating baptism and communion, reading and teaching the Bible, which we believe to be inspired by God.
our mission
Because this is what we believe, our purpose as a local church is to follow Jesus together in every area of our lives and relationships, faithfully interpreting and living out God’s unfolding story of love, rescue, resurrection, and restoration.