About Us


Eastpoint’s Vision & Values

Our Vision

To bring hope to the Triangle and the Nations as we proclaim and embody the good news of Jesus.

  • HOPE

    The hope of the gospel is what we long to see impact our world.

  • THE TRIANGLE

    East Durham is in the heart of the Triangle region – the community we are called to.

  • THE NATIONS

    We long to see a multi-ethnic movement of hope in Jesus as we welcome the Nations in the Triangle and send the Triangle to the Nations.

  • PROCLAIM & EMBODY

    We not only preach the good news of Jesus; we seek to apply it to all of life and society as we join Jesus in his work of making all things new.

  • GOOD NEWS OF JESUS

    The gospel is at the center of who we are and all that we do.

Our Core Values

Our mission is to point a hurting world to hope in Jesus. These 4 core values help guide the way we live out that mission.

How we engage
We celebrate the image of God in every person.



We seek to engage our community with eyes to see and hearts to welcome every person with dignity as created in God’s image. We celebrate the unique display of God’s image in the diversity of our community.

How we grow
We prioritize gospel community.



We grow by practicing gospel rhythms of dependence on God and one another. We prioritize following Jesus in community that is intentionally diverse and grounded in the gospel.

How we go
We empower mercy-filled lives.




Through Jesus, we have received mercy, and so we long to show that same mercy to the world around us. We see and respond to the brokenness of our world with lives of mercy, longing for our world to know and experience the mercy of Jesus.

How we share
We tell stories of real hope.




The greatest witness that we have to offer our community is our stories of experiencing hope in Jesus in the midst of a broken world. These stories of hope are a staple of our community.


The Story of Eastpoint

Waypoint Church (our sending church) was planted out of the Summit Collaborative church planting network in 2014 with a vision to reach the Triangle and the Nations. Part of that vision was to eventually multiply the gospel work that was started at Waypoint and plant another church somewhere in the Triangle.


Peter Frey joined the staff of Waypoint in 2023 as a Church Planting Resident, and along with the leadership of Waypoint, Peter prayerfully sought God’s guidance on when and where and what kind of church that God was calling him to plant. God began to give Peter & Mary a burden for the east side of Durham, and the vision and calling to plant Eastpoint Church was born.


The name Eastpoint has three layers of meaning.

  • Purpose - to point a hurting world to the light that has dawned in the darkness
  • Place - the east side of Durham is the community we are called to
  • Partnership - the name is a nod to our roots and gospel partnership with Waypoint Church