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For three couples, Synod 2010 was a team effort.

For Elizabeth Jennings, serving as a youth observer at Synod 2010 was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her mother, Rev.

Ethnic advisers for Synod 2010 were (from left) Thurman Rivers, Rev. John Gonzales, Mary Rivers, Rev.

At age 25, elder David Stewart from Classis Columbia was the youngest delegate to Synod 2010.

Synod 2010’s oldest delegates were a pair of 78-year-old first-timers: Wilbert Vanden Bos (left), an elder from Classis Iakota, and

Rev. Duane Kelderman, seminary faculty adviser to Synod 2010, filed a complaint with synod’s president.

A last-minute recommendation came before Synod 2010 to declare that a troll is an appropriate mascot for a Christian college.

This year’s synod was intended to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, but the plan was canceled due to budget constraints—thus syno

Grace Community Christian Reformed Church of Oak Lawn, Ill., warmly welcomed delegates, denominational staff, and visitors to Synod 2010

Oldest delegate: 78

Youngest delegate: 25

Avg. age of minister delegates: 52

Avg. age of elder delegates: 60

Wielding the shepherd’s staff as Synod 2010’s sergeant at arms was elder John Oosterhof, Classis Huron.

None of the delegates to this year’s synod came with any experience as synod officers, so it was no surprise to have an executive o

With cheers and applause, litany, prayer, and song, Synod 2010 welcomed 41 new candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church.

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Synod 2010 added to the mandate of the denomination’s Ecumenical Relations Committee, giving it the task of representing the CRC in

Rev.

Rev. Don Poest, who will be president of the Reformed Church in America for the next year, brought greetings to Synod 2010.

While the Christian Reformed Church has much to be joyful about, its executive director, Rev.

For two years, ministry share (the per-confessing-member amount that congregations contribute toward denominational ministries) has remai

Ministry Share Breakdown for Fiscal 20111

• Back to God Ministries International        $43.97

Synod 2010 created a two-year task force to identify “a biblical and Reformed perspective on our position on creation stewardship,

Rev. Ronald Klimp was introduced to Synod 2010 as the new director of Chaplaincy and Care Ministry for the CRC. Rev.

Synod 2010 said churches need more time to consider revisions of our three Reformed confessions—the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgi