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Exploring Synod 2026, Episode 1: Synod’s Most Consequential Decision?

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What decision received unanimous approval at Synod 2026? What plan signaled a renewed sense of mission and hope for the CRC’s future? Guests Scott VanderPloeg and Tim Sheridan join our hosts in exploring the CRC’s new 10-year plan of prayer, disciple-making, leadership investment, church planting, and renewal. This grassroots vision is about the local church being “all in.”

Hosts
Sarah Eekhof Zylstra, of New City Church (CRC) in Kansas City; senior writer and editor for the Gospel Coalition

Derek Buikema, pastor of Orland Park CRC in Orland Park, Ill.

Contributors
Tim Sheridan, director of church planting at Resonate Global Mission
Scott VanderPloeg, pastor of Sunlight Community Church (CRC) in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Video editing - Noah Zylstra

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