News EditorGayla Postma is news editor for The Banner.Articles A Busy Week at Synod 2012 A Firsthand Look at Rebuilding Haiti Abuse Victim Dies, Leaves Legacy Academic Freedom and Confessional Integrity: A Delicate Dance Adema Named Canadian Council President Alberta Business Raises Cash for Charity Alberta Chaplain Receives Award of Excellence Alberta College Gets Top Marks for Student Satisfaction Alberta Construction Crew Uncovers Dinosaur Skeleton Alumni of Young People’s Convention Reunite Ancaster Church Supports Family of Tim Bosma During Murder Trial And He’s Off! Are Canadian CRC Employees Paid Enough? Back to God Director Passes Away Back to God Ministries to Leave Palos Heights Banner Editor Nominee Seeks to Be a Shalom-Maker Banner Matters at the Board of Trustees Baptized Children at the Lord’s Supper, Take Two Belleville Church Granted Stay on Suspending Pastor Belleville Church Will Appeal to Synod Rather than Disaffiliate Black and Reformed Conference Blest Be the Tie that Doesn’t Bind Board Approves Leadership Council Change Board Approves Priorities for Centre for Public Dialogue Board Endorses Le Roy for Calvin Presidency Board News: World Literature Ministries to Be Closed Board of Trustees Adopts Diversity Report Board of Trustees Comments on Structure and Culture Task Force Report Board of Trustees Elects New Executive Board of Trustees Endorses Diversity in Leadership Report After Costs Significantly Lowered Board of Trustees Endorses U.S. Asylum Legislation Board of Trustees Expresses Disappointment, Keeps De Moor as Editor of The Banner Board of Trustees Get Strategic Planning Update Board of Trustees Meeting Highlights Board of Trustees Meets for Last Time Board of Trustees Reviews Structure Task Force Report Board of Trustees Sets Parameters for Structure Review Board of Trustees Struggles with Budgeting for New Ministry Priorities Board of Trustees Talks Strategic Planning, Youth Ministry Board of Trustees to Review CRC Structure Board of Trustees Updates Board of Trustees Welcomes Young Adult Representatives Board President Reviews Joys, Challenges of Previous Year Board Proposes Three-Percent Ministry Share Increase Board Responds to Synod’s Request Concerning CRC Structure Changes Board Restructures Leadership Exchange Body of Rev. George Vander Weit Recovered Borgdorff Appointed Deputy Executive Director Bremer Suspension Lifted British Columbia Classis Evacuated after Fire Breaks Out Budget, Denominational Survey on Board’s Agenda Budget, Name Changes and More: News from the Board of Trustees Building Memorials at the Synodical Service of Praise Calgary Engineer Helps Design Hope in Honduras Calls for Mid-East Peace Calvin College Announces Spending Priorities Calvin College Cuts Staff Calvin College Faces Financial Challenge Calvin College Finances Improving Calvin College Raises $25 Million for Debt Relief Calvin College Religion Profs in the News; One Alleges College Is Being Dishonest Calvin College Reveals More Information about Debt Calvin College VP of Finance Steps Down Calvin Faculty Wants Homosexuality Statement Withdrawn Calvin First, Dordt High in College Ranking Calvin Seminary President Nominee Canadian Council of Churches Says U.S. Not Safe for Refugees Canadian Director Position Redefined Canadian Forum Causes Both Appreciation and Frustration Canadian Government Cuts Justice Funding, Church Members Asked to Contact MPs Canadians Hold National Gathering Chaplain Tunes in to Synod from Afghanistan Chaplaincy Gets New Director, New Name Chicago Teen Gunned Down Christian Reformed Staff Safe in Honduras Christian Reformed Staff Safe in Honduras Christian School Student Expelled for Parent’s Lifestyle Church Crawl Connects Students to Local Churches Church Receives Funds from Wal-Mart Church Renewal Requires More Than Strategies and Resources Churches Connecting with Churches Churches in Conflict with Classis Clarifying Synod 2016’s Decisions on Pastoral Advice Regarding Same-Sex Marriage Classis Quinte Apologizes to Maranatha Church in Belleville Classis Releases Former Race Relations Director from Ministry as One Deposed Classis Renewal and More Actions by the Council of Delegates Classis Toronto States Deposed Pastor May Not Serve as Elder Classis Witholds Action Regarding First Toronto Climate Change in the Church Climate Witness Project Moves Focus to Congregations COD Recommends $7 Ministry Shares Increase Colin Watson Appointed Director of Ministries and Administration for CRC Committee for Pastoral Guidance on Same-Sex Marriage Seeks Input Committee on War and Peace Reports Committee to Guide Office of Social Justice Planned Concern for Refugees on Both Sides of Border Connections Contentious Do Justice Article Deleted Convention of Cousins Copresidents Departing from Institute for Christian Studies Council of Delegates Comments on Justice Overtures Council of Delegates Debates Suggested Style Guide LGBTQ Additions Council of Delegates Discusses Reimagining Ministry Shares Council of Delegates Explores Relationship with Reformed Church in America Council of Delegates Holds Inaugural Meeting Council of Delegates Releases Statement about Killings and Natural Disasters Council of Delegates to Be Launched Early Council Works on Assignments from Synod 2018 Covenant for Officebearers Proposed Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterian Church Looks to Learn, Collaborate CRC Advocates for Travel to Cuba CRC and RCA Synods to Hold Combined Session CRC and RCA Synods Unite for Historic Joint Session CRC Begins Exploring Curriculum Options CRC Contacts Canadian, U.S. Governments CRC Cuts Formal Ties to Dutch Church CRC Deficit Tops $9 Million CRC Delegation Goes to Paris CRC Directors Sign Statements on Poverty, Racism, Refugees CRC Endorses Statement on Immigration CRC Executive Director Attends White House Gathering CRC Executive Director Issues Statement on Court Ruling re Same Sex Marriage CRC Executive Director Resigns CRC Executive Director Signs Petition Regarding Refugees CRC in Canada Lowers Afghanistan Priority CRC in Canada Weighs In on Assisted Suicide CRC Issues Statement on Ferguson, New York CRC Leader Disconcerted by Jerusalem Declaration CRC Leaders Issue Statement on Racism CRC Leaders Sign Another Refugee Resettlement Statement, Churches Continue Longtime Involvement CRC Leaders Speak Out on Quebec City and Immigration CRC Leader’s Faith Remains Strong in Adversity CRC Leads Ecumenical Discussion on Role of Confessions CRC Learns N.A. Staff Safe, Begins Aid Efforts in Haiti CRC Members Called to Action on Abortion Bill CRC Members Traveling To and From Haiti CRC Members Urged to Respond to Supreme Court Ruling on Assisted Suicide CRC Ministries and Employees Feel Budget Pinch CRC Parsonage Burned in Nigeria CRC Prepares for Economic Downturn CRC Ready to Launch 150th Anniversary Celebrations CRC Receives Energy Star Award CRC Releases Statement on Forced Family Separation Policy CRC Representatives Participate As Truth and Reconciliation Commission Winds Down CRC Signs Climate Change Declaration CRC Staff in Kenya Safe CRC’s Publishing Ministry Forced to Cut Staff CRC’s Relationship with Protestant Church in the Netherlands Will Remain Close CRWRC Faces Rare Funding Shortfall CRWRC Lays Off Staff CRWRC Seeks Approval to Change Name CRWRC-Canada Awarded $7 Million Curriculum Solutions Approved, Little Funding Available Cyclists Gear Up to Cross the Continent De Moor to Retire from The Banner Denomination and Congregations Challenged to Build Stronger Support for Youth Ministry Denominational Governance: Time to Get Back to Reformed Basics Denominational Staff, Minnkota Leaders Meet about Do Justice Blog Denver Conference Supports Asian-American Congregations Director Appointed for New Mission Agency, Synod Ratification Required Director of Aboriginal Ministry Receives Medal Director of Canadian Ministry Resigns Director of Denominational Ministries Resigns Directors Explain Agency Unification Proposal Disability Concerns Gets Broadened Mandate Disability Concerns Honored by Associated Church Press Do Justice, Love Mercy—But How and When? Drastic Changes Ahead for Faith Alive Ecumenical Relations Committee Puts Belhar Confession on Synod 2015 Agenda Engage 2016: No Reconciliation without Lament Engage 2016: Weathering the Storms Everything You Want to Know—and More—about Following Synod Executive Director Defends Social Justice Activities Executive Director Tells Synod the State of the Church Is Critical Extreme Heat Temporarily Halts Sea to Sea Bike Tour Faith Alive Gets New Director Faith Formation Committee Ends, Work Continues Faith Formation Ministries Gains Momentum Faith Leaders Call on New Canadian Government to Focus on Palliative Care Instead of Assisted Suicide Farmers Ship Millionth Ton Finding Financial Shalom for Pastors Finding Love at Synod First Toronto Given Deadline First Toronto Replies on Homosexuality Issue Flood-Ravaged High River, Alberta: Two Months Later For Such a Time as This Forget Waldo – Where’s Tractor Dave? Former Banner Associate Editor Dies Former Banner Editor Resigns from CRC Ministry Former Banner Editor Rev. Andrew Kuyvenhoven Dies Former Chaplaincy Director Keizer Dies Former Executive Director Speaks Out about Resignation Free for the CRC Fresh Faces on Synod 2018 Executive Friendship Ministries Gets New Director From Sea to Shining Sea—What a Ride! GEMS’ Gift to Haiti God Holds the Glass, Half Full or Half Empty Haiti: A Philosophical and Funding Dilemma Haiti: It Isn’t Just About the Houses Haiti: It Just Takes Time Helping Haiti Highlights from 2013 Winter Classis Meetings Highs and Lows of a Historic Synod Home Missions Changes Prompt Staff Exodus Home Missions Moves Staff to Regions Homosexuality Issue Continues to Splinter Churches Horror, Hope, and Help in Haiti Idaho Woman Bags Huge Mountain Lion Illinois Pastor Nominated for Seminary President Illinois Pastor Nominated for Seminary President In Our View: Stretching for Diversity and Unity In our view: Synod 2015, Moving Forward with Hope and Optimism Injured Cyclist Visits Tour Interim Safe Church Director Appointed Is CRC Decision-Making in Too Few Hands? Is Your Church Breaking Copyright Law? It’s All About the Call January Conference to Address Canadian Role in Binational Church Jerry An Appointed Chinese Ministry Leader for Back to God Ministries International Joel Boot Turns Over Reins of the CRC’s Administration King's Linked to Guantanamo Trial Lawsuit Filed Against Ontario Pastor, Church Lift Up Your Hearts Arrives Looking Back and Looking Ahead on CRWRC’s Birthday Looking Back on How CRC Ecumenicity Has Changed Lugo Resigns from Race Relations Medenblik Inaugurated as President of Calvin Seminary Mentoring Blessings Michael Le Roy Installed as Calvin College President Michigan Classis Accepts Study Report on Same-Sex Marriage, Offers It to Synod 2016 Michigan Women Still SWIMming 30 Years Later Ministers, Spouses, and Churches Get Dinged on New Pension Rules Ministry Funding Receives New Scrutiny Ministry Priorities, Budget Realities Ministry Shares Income Down Substantially Minority Voice Lost Mission Agency Directors Find New Roles Mission Agency Unification Plan Endorsed by Board of Trustees Money Matters at Board of Trustees Meeting More Concerns Raised about Recommendations from the Task Force on Structure and Culture More Inspire Gatherings Planned More Press Awards for The Banner Multiethnic Conference: Diversity Doesn’t Come Easily New Bible Translation Approved for Worship New Budget Process Proposed New Canadian CRC Director Appointed New CRC Executive Director Nominated New Guidelines for Abuse Cases Proposed New Home Missions Director Appointed New Lessons from Timothy New Mandate for Banner Council New Mexico Church Holds Service of Listening and Repentance New Network for Churches Launched New Tax Law Affects U.S. Churches News Feature: What ‘All Nations’ Looks Like in the CRC News from the Board of Trustees News from the Board of Trustees News from the Board of Trustees News from the Board of Trustees News from the Board of Trustees News from the CRC’s Board of Trustees February Meeting News Round-up from the Board of Trustees No New Children’s Curriculum in Development Nominee for Executive Director Withdraws Not Your Mother’s Coffee Break Convention Noteworthy NOTEWORTHY Noteworthy: Engelhard’s Death Mourned O Canada! What a Ride! On the Journey Together One Percent Ministry Share Increase Proposed One, One, One, One Ontario Child Allowed Three Parents Ontario Deacon First Signer of New Covenant for Officebearers Ontario Man Found Dead Following Abduction Ontario Parents Brace for Tax Reassessment Ontario Pastor Is a Sea to Sea Miracle Ontario Pastor Named New Canadian Ministries Director Pastoral Guidance for Churches Regarding Same-Sex Marriage Philadelphia Pastor Receives Dante Venegas Award Police Search for Missing Michigan Pastor Practicing Unity, One Step, One Synod at a Time Proceed with Caution: A Road Guide to Synod 2011 Race Relations and Office of Social Justice Roles to Be Combined Rape Culture and Christian Colleges Reformed Churches of South Africa Greet Synod 2017 Reginald Smith Appointed Director of Race Relations and Social Justice Regional Gathering Plans Changed Rehoboth, Zuni Churches Criticize Doctrine of Discovery Synodical Report Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future Remembering Truckers on Christmas Report Calls for Better Response When Leaders Abuse Report from the Board of Trustees: By God’s Grace, We’ve Made Tremendous Progress Reports to Synod Too Late for Churches Resonate Missionary Still in Hospital Revised Covenant for Officebearers Coming to Synod 2012 Rice Moving to Baker Publishing Group Roelofs Appointed as New Director of CRC Chaplaincy and Care Ryskamp to Retire from World Renew Safe Church Policies Applied to CRC Employees Safe Church Work Increasing Exponentially Sea to Sea 2008 Largest Cross-Continent Bike Tour Sea to Sea Wedding Sea to Sea: 158 Meals for Those on Wheels Sea to Sea: By the Numbers Sea to Sea: I Do, Goodbye Sea to Sea: Injured Cyclist Returns to Tour Sea to Sea: Serving While Cycling Sea to Sea: The Morning After Sea to Sea: Weathering the Tour Search for New Executive Director Proceeding Search Process in Place for New Executive Director Selles Nominated as Director of Back to God Ministries Seminary Accused of Gender Discrimination Singing the Whole Story Something Old, Something New in Structure Task Force Report Staff Remain on Alert in Guinea, Honduras Structure Talk Dominates CRC Board Meetings Swagman Resigns from Safe Church Ministry Synod 2006: Church to Seek Way to Respond to Abuse Victims Synod 2006: Counting Members Synod 2006: Host Church Determines Synod Worship Service Style Synod 2006: One Step Forward, One Step Back for Women Synod 2006: Overview: Of Peacemaking and Elephants Synod 2006: RCA Pastors Eligible in CRC Synod 2006: Synod Appoints New Executive Director Synod 2006: Welcoming New Congregations Synod 2006: What to Watch Synod 2007: A Taste of the Kingdom Synod 2010: Belhar Thumbs-Up from RCA Synod 2010: Ecumenical Relations Committee Gets Interfaith Mandate Synod 2010: First-Time Officers Synod 2010: Greetings from Canadian Council of Churches Synod 2010: In Our View: It Was a Quiet Week in Palos Heights Synod 2010: Rev. Henry De Moor-Synod’s Senior Statesman Retires SYNOD 2010: What to Watch For Synod 2011 Goes Paperless Synod 2011: What to Watch For Synod 2012 Asked to Make Climate Change Declarations Synod 2012 Deals with Maranatha CRC and Classis Quinte Synod 2012 Elects Experienced Executive Synod 2012 Struggles with the Role of the Church in Society Synod 2012 to Decide on Adopting Belhar Confession Synod 2012: What to Watch For Synod 2013 Asked to Consider an Affinity Classis Synod 2013 Careful About Who Is on Study Committees Synod 2013 Elected Experienced Executive Synod 2013 Urged to Fund Diversity Efforts Synod 2013 Wraps Up Synod 2013: Singing Together, Old Songs and New Synod 2014 Celebrates Milestones Synod 2014 Elects Binational Executive Synod 2014 Ends with Travel Nightmare Synod 2014: A Church in Transition Synod 2015 Approves New Banner Mandate Synod 2015 Launches Denominational Structure Overhaul Synod 2015 Officers Represent the Diversity of the Church. Synod 2015 Urges Churches to Engage with the Belhar Confession Synod 2016 Elects Officers with Experience Synod 2016 May Include Deacons Synod 2016 Opens with Worship Synod 2016 Says Sexual Abuse by Officebearers Will Not Be Tolerated Synod 2016: A Growing Divide Synod 2017 Asked to Approve New Mission Agency Name Synod 2017 Executive Has Fresh Faces Synod Adds Workshops to Agenda Synod Asked Not to Endorse Diversity Report Synod Elects Seasoned Officers Synod Hears from Churches in Ethiopia, Congo, and South Sudan Synod Hears Report from Trustees Synod Hears State of Church Address Synod Is in the Genes Synod on the Web Synod Prays and Weeps After South Carolina Shooting Synod's Experienced, Diverse Executive Synod, Budget Both High on CRC Board Agenda Synodical Committee Member Participates in Same-Sex Wedding Synodical Committee on Human Sexuality Membership Announced Synodical Committee Rejects Doctrine of Discovery, Criticizes CRC Ministry to Navajo Synodical Report on Religious Persecution Calls for Prayer and Mobilization Synodical Study Committee Reports Released Taking the Long View in Haiti and Elsewhere Task Force Calls for Deacons at Classis, Synod Task Force on CRC Structure and Culture Seeks Input Task Force Report on Structure Available in April Task Force Underway to Study CRC Structure Task Forces Appointed on Communion and Abuse, None on Bible Translation Texas Churches, World Renew Provide Aid after Record Flooding Thank You, Louis! The RCA: Our Closest Friend Thousands Mourn with Ontario Congregation Timmermans Nominated to be CRC’s Executive Director Tractor Dave in New England Tractor Dave to Resume Tour in July Travel to Guinea on Hold for CRC Personnel Travel to Guinea on Hold for CRC Personnel Trendspotting Trustees Approve Allocation of Ministry Shares Tuit Leaving Seminary Two Men Found Guilty of Tim Bosma Murder Two Percent Ministry Share Increase Recommended For Faith Formation U.S. Christian Reformed Churches Advised to Adopt Wedding Policy U.S. Senior Executives Learn about Canadian Charity Law Under New Leadership: Christian Higher Education in the CRC Vander Zee Appointed Interim Banner Editor Vandezande Named Interim Canadian Director Video Service Shuts Down Visser Reinstated at Belleville’s Maranatha CRC Website Supports Traditional Marriage, Rejects Synodical Report on Same-Sex Marriage West Michigan Pastor Asked to Be CRC’s Interim Executive Director What If? What Is God Up to in the Christian Reformed Church? What to Watch for at Synod 2007 What to Watch for at Synod 2008 What to Watch for at Synod 2009 What to Watch for at Synod 2014 What to Watch for at Synod 2015 What to Watch for at Synod 2016 What to Watch for at Synod 2017 What to Watch for at Synod 2018 What to Watch for Post-Synod 2016 What to Watch for Post-Synod 2017 Where Did Our Young Adults Go? Where U At? 2011 Why Being a Binational Church Is So Important Widow of Slain Ontario Man Pays It Forward Will Synod 2013 Matter in the Pew? Wolterstorff: Biblical Justice and Same-Sex Marriage Women in Ministry: 15 Years Later Women Make History at Synod World Communion of Reformed Churches Sets Priorities World Missions Explains the 90 Percent, Missionaries Not Convinced World News: American Baptists Face Exodus over Homosexuality World Renew Appoints New Disaster Response Team Leader World Renew Changes Bylaws World Renew-U.S. Gets New Director Worship Delayed for Olympic Torch Relay Would You Like a Hymn with That Beer? Write for The Banner! Young Adults to Be Represented at Board of Trustee Meetings Young Samaritans Youth Unlimited Summits Small, Intimate Zero Percent Ministry Share Increase Proposed ‘The Good Wife’ and the CRC “A New Day” in Canadian Ministry “A Word of Grace for a Weird and Wonderful Church”
