The Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates meeting May 1-3 in Grand Rapids, Mich., heard a report from Zachary King, the CRC’s general secretary. He focused many of his remarks on the first Gather event, an initiative approved at the Council of Delegates’ February meeting, to begin hearing
The Christian Reformed Church in North America’s Council of Delegates met May 1-3 at Cascades Fellowship CRC in Grand Rapids, Mich., with the U.S. and Canadian ministry boards of the CRCNA hosting concurrent meetings as well.The Council is the denomination’s ecclesiastical governance board, which wo
At its May meeting the Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church received a report from a team reviewing the denomination’s judicial code, the procedure set out in Church Order to be followed in cases of dispute over decisions of the assemblies of the church. The report recommends one ad
The Christian Reformed Church’s official magazine, The Banner, will have to carry out its synodical mandate going forward without the use of ministry shares. At its May meeting the Council of Delegates accepted a proposal from its finance committee to “instruct The Banner to become self-sustaining t
As Crossroads Prison Ministries celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, hundreds of Christian Reformed Church members representing about 224 congregations from across the U.S. continue their commitments to the Bible study correspondence ministry.Crossroads, founded in 1984, uses mailed curriculum
The Baldwin (Wis.) Christian Reformed Church Dorcas Ladies Aid Society marked 100 years of continuous ministry April 30, still holding to its original purpose: "by means of the labors of its members to accomplish something for the extension of God’s Kingdom," as captured in the group's 1924 constitu
Communications from two young women—a grade-12 student and a recent college grad—are among the 26 official communications included in the Agenda for Synod 2024.Synod, the annual decision-making gathering of the Christian Reformed Church, will meet June 14-20 in Grand Rapids, Mich.Lain Vasquez, 23, w
Scott DeVries, 47, director of synodical services for the Christian Reformed Church in North America, died Saturday, April 27, a few days after entering hospice care after doctors discovered cancer in March. DeVries and his family belong to Faith Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich. He was ap
“Many have inquired about the current ratio of vacant churches to ministers eligible for call, and there is a growing sense that the Christian Reformed Church in North America has a ‘pastor shortage,’” the denomination’s Candidacy Committee wrote in a 2024 report on the church’s leadership landscape
The Agenda for Synod 2024 was published online last week, two months ahead of Christian Reformed delegates coming together in Grand Rapids, Mich., to attend to the various reports, requests, nominations, and communications. Synod 2024 will convene in one online session May 29 to elect officers and h
Included in Calvin Theological Seminary’s report to the Christian Reformed Church’s Synod 2024 is a faculty statement of confessional commitment, shared in part as a response to a recommendation that was before Synod 2023 but deferred to Synod 2024. But “the topic,” says the report, “had already bee
Members of Clinton (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church went on a history hunt in April, discovering interesting things about their congregation’s past as they participated in Hunt75, one of many 75th-anniversary events designed to help the congregation be “Rooted in Faith, Growing in Hope, and Serving
After Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Mich., announced a leadership transition in late February, saying president Wiebe Boer resigned his position, there have been questions about due process for Boer who was the subject of a report alleging “unwelcome and inappropriate communication and attentio
Pease (Minn.) Christian Reformed Church, a congregation founded in 1895, has typically marked the week leading up to Easter with traditional observances including palm branches for children on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday commemoration, and a Good Friday service. This year, inspired by a suggestion
Dordt University women’s basketball team won its first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship March 26, defeating the University of Providence’s Argos 57-53. Dordt, in Sioux Center, Iowa, is one of six educational institutions denominationally related to the Christia
Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional assembly of churches.Many of the actions taken by classes are governed by the CRC’s Church Order, the rules that govern denominational life. Here are some of the actions by classes in the past
Announcements were shared Monday, April 8, with Christian Reformed Church staff and members of the denomination’s Council of Delegates on the identity of the potential buyer for the denomination’s listed 12-acre property at 1700 28th St. in Grand Rapids, Mich. It’s the grocery chain Meijer.The corpo
Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary hosted the annual Kuyper Conference this week, presenting the 2024 Kuyper Prize to Sid Jansma Jr., a 1965 Calvin graduate and influential business leader.The award was presented at a plenary session during the three-day conference at Calvin Universit
Two Reformed churches, Peace Christian Reformed Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Gate of Testimony Church in Gbarnga, Liberia, have recently become “sister” congregations and are hopeful that both of their denominations, the Christian Reformed Church in Liberia and the Christian Reformed Church in
In a March 28 article, Calvin University's student paper Chimes reported on questions about due process around the February resignation of former president Weibe Boer and published a released statement from the board that reiterates the board’s confidence in its own "process of information-gathering