Meet Jason Duke

VISTA RIDGE CAMPUS MINISTER

What an incredible start to a new season of ministry this has been. I was both humbled and thrilled to be given the opportunity to become the Campus Pastor of the Vista Ridge Campus. Michelle and I couldn’t be more excited. WE’RE BACK HOME! In 2001, while attending Dallas Christian College (DCC), I was trying to catch the attention of this beautiful young lady who would later become my wife. She, too, attended DCC and was madly in love with Jesus. In order to spend more time with Michelle, I began attending The Branch alongside her. We spent the next 5 years of our relationship and then, marriage growing closer to God and being challenged in what it meant to follow Him. It was during that time, God planted a seed in my heart and mind to step into ministry. All these years later, having been involved in church planting and other multisite churches, God has granted us the opportunity to come back home. It truly is surreal.

In the last 20 plus years, we have seen God move in so many ways in our family’s life and in the lives of others. We’ve been given 4 beautiful kids: Caden (15), Tucker (13), Grayson (11) and our special gift through foster/adoption, our daughter, Blessing (9). They are all very active playing soccer, hanging out with friends, playing Xbox and just driving us crazy at times, but we wouldn’t want it any other way. As a family we enjoy camping, hunting, riding dirt bikes and just being outdoors. Michelle serves at Poteet High School in the Mesquite ISD as a mental health counselor working with students to help them find peace and direction in the midst of difficult circumstances.

As I think about this new season, I can’t help but sense what the Holy Spirit has already been doing at The Branch. Like so many have already mentioned, there is a great anticipation of what God is about to reveal and do. We know He loves His children deeply and desires for ALL to experience the kind of life He has planned for them. I’m excited for the simple fact that the pump is primed and we’re about to witness all the ways He is going to reveal himself through the efforts He has called us to. As a church body, together, we’re going to see God do miracles of salvation, healing, and restoration in peoples lives. It’s going to be amazing and I’m thankful I get to do this with you. Let’s go!

In Christ,

Jason Duke

Meet Hunter Wheatcraft

Hey Branch family, thank you so much for your kindness and prayer as Anna and I have been in transition over the past 6 months.

Before God called us to the Branch I was a pastor at Covenant Fellowship Baptist in Stuart, FL. But in 2020 God used Anna’s family and schooling to call us to Dallas and The Branch Church.” The hospitality of the Branch Church has been the greatest blessing to us and will be key for us as God continues to build His Kingdom in North Dallas.

If you’ve been around me much you’ve heard me suggest that we are in a great spot to be one of the most welcoming and connected churches in the metroplex.

God has blessed the ministry of Anna and I for the past 10 years not because we are the best communicators or throw the best parties, but because we want to lead people to make strangers their neighbors and their neighbors their family.

We believe this is the way of Jesus and the way of Jesus is the way we want to go.

Thank you for your kindness, there is no