The board of directors of the CRCNA Canada Corporation is hopeful that its concerns about denomination restructuring will be taken seriously as changes are implemented, and it’s proposing the Council of Delegates appoint more Canadian members.

Pastor Willemina Zwart and Immanuel CRC in Simcoe, Ont., are welcoming eight young adults into a summer experience of Christian community with the South Coast Beach Project.

With three days, 100-plus people, and church members aged 2 to 90, First Christian Reformed Church in Oskaloosa, Iowa, launched a mission in Mahaska County to love their neighbors with action.

Citing differing ideas about future “goals and objectives” the Christian Reformed Church in North America Canada Corporation said Darren Roorda, Canadian Ministries director, will no longer serve in that position, effective immediately.

In a judicial review of a government of Canada decision about eligibility for Canadian summer jobs funding, the Federal Court of Canada found in favor of Redeemer University.

Chaplain and pastor, Carroll Keegstra, known for his sense of humor and wonderful laugh, died May 4.

Pastor and church planter Henry Karsten died April 26 in Visalia, Calif.

A pastor in the Christian Reformed Church for 45 years, Bob Holwerda loved the Lord his God with all his heart and soul, and his passion was obvious and contagious. He died April 30.

Once a month since January, volunteers from Brookside Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., have set up noon hour drive-thru prayer to address heightened tensions and serve their community.

A farmers market, running twice a month on the grounds of New Era (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church, provides a community-connecting place for live music, children’s activities, and even a vaccination clinic.

Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Ancaster, Ont., passed a mandate for a new ministry team in May, forming a group it believes to be the first of its kind in the denomination.

Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ont., and Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Mich., have made recent programming changes, including dropping majors in certain languages and launching new business degrees.

A humble man with a “holy” legacy of leading many people to Jesus, Ron Baker died May 5.