OUR VISION
is a New and Living Way:
Confident in the “new and living way” of Jesus Christ, we, the lay and clergy leaders of The Detroit Presbytery, commit ourselves to hold fast to the confession of our hope. We will encourage one another in love and good works:
“By the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, . . .” Hebrews 10: 20-24.
God’s Word will guide us, the sacraments will sustain us, and the Holy Spirit will empower us. God will lead us to strengthen and transform congregations to embassies of mission, pastoral care and prophetic proclamations. We will aim to glorify God in our actions and attitudes and demonstrate the love revealed through Jesus Christ who is our Lord.
To implement our vision we will emphasize the following: