After graduating from Victoria, he married Jenny Boland, whom he had met in the Youth for Christ group.
[5] The community established communal homes in poor or disadvantaged parts of Wellington, where residents lived together in a cooperative model.
The movement developed into a new religious communal order, a modern interpretation of the ancient monastic tradition within Christianity.
[4] The Duckworths eventually established a contemporary monastery for the Urban Vision community, Ngatiawa, located in the valley of Reikorangi, where they lived for ten years.
[11] In 2024, Duckworth was elected senior bishop of Tikanga Pākehā and took on the title of archbishop and primate.
Justin and Jenny moved to Whanganui in 2018, to be closer to the Anglican churches in the northern part of the diocese of Wellington.