Westminster MISSION STATEMENT
"We are a community, a covenant people. In response to God's love and grace, we proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ within our congregation, throughout the community and to the world. As disciples in the Reformed Tradition, led by the Holy Spirit, we affirm our faith through worship, nurture, outreach, stewardship, and education. We go into the future with hope and confidence in God's purpose."

                                          Drafted by the Session, January 1987
                                          Amended by the Session, January 1997

How Presbyterians are Governed

Westminster Presbyterian Church was founded in 1963 by Granville Presbytery (now Presbytery of New Hope). A large proportion of our 124 Charter Members were members of Trinity Avenue and First Presbyterian Churches who lived in Southwest Durham. With 801 active members and an operating budget of $1.3 million, Westminster is now the largest Presbyterian Church in Durham.

Westminster is affiliated with the following:

Presbyterian Church USA
The Presbytery of New Hope (All PCUSA Churches in Northern half of NC from Hillsborough to Cape Hatteras)
Durham Congregations in Action (an interfaith local mission group made up of 50 congregations)
Durham Presbyterian Council (10 Durham Presbyterian Churches which do Urban Ministry, Campus Ministry at Duke, and Partnership activities)
Neighboring Church Group (WPC, St. Stephen’s Episcopal, St. Paul Lutheran, Epworth United Methodist, Pilgrim United Church of Christ: share Lenten Lunches, special Advent events, and a baccalaureate for local high school graduates)

Members of:

 

The following hymn was commissioned by
Westminster Presbyterian Church
and is based on our mission statement.


Holy God, You Call Us Daily

Text by Jane Parker Huber
Tune: Regent Square, Henry Smart, 1867

Holy God, You call us daily
Into Your community.
Here we know Your loving kindness.
Here by grace we are set free,
Free to live and sing, proclaiming:
"Christ is ris'n for you and me."

As disciples, learning, praying,
Stewards of both task and thought,
Teach us ways to nurture others,
In the truth that Jesus taught,
Reaching out in love and justice,
Seeking, as we have been sought.

Stretch our vision and our action
To include the world You love --
Every person, all creation,
Land and water, sky above --
Knit together in one system
Meant for peace and joy and love.

May Your purpose mold our actions
In the present as the past.
Grant us vision for the future
Where our confidence is cast.
All because we love and worship
One true God, the First and Last.


© Jane Parker Huber, 1997
written for Westminster Presbyterian Church
Durham, NC