2026년 총회 앞에 선 CRC 목회 후보자들은 “하나님께서 그들을 이끄시는 곳에서 예수 그리스도의 사랑과 진리를 신실하게 전할 것”을 위임 받았다.

Amanda Roozeboom, former commissioned pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, is the new executive director of youth and young adult-focused ThereforeGo Ministries.

The Christian Reformed Church, as observed by Classis Hamilton delegate Mark Verbruggen, is in the same car and going in the same direction. There are some bumps in the road.

If councils don’t properly govern themselves, a broader body may step in, Synod 2026 affirms.

Synod 2026 voted to extend a church in cooperation relationship with the Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerken, a new Dutch Reformed denomination that formed in 2023. Synod also provided directions for a memorandum between the denominations.

Synod 2026 voted to leave the World Communion of Reformed Churches, a group the CRC helped inaugurate in 2010. Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, the WCRC general secretary, expressed sadness at the decision and read a letter of farewell.

While officebearers face higher expectations for confessional alignment, members should be discipled, as well, through profession of faith classes and Reformed liturgies and forms.

Aaron Vriesman, Classis Zeeland, interviewed Christopher Fantuzzo, PhD prior to his approval as a new professor of Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary.

A teacher and pastor who loved people and truly cared deeply for others, Doug Warners lived for several years with dementia and died March 19 at age 84.

Jerry Dykstra, who lived, worked, and served in lay ministry in Arizona after leaving CRC denominational leadership in 2011, died April 27. He was 76.

Pastor and chaplain Peter W. De Bruyne, who ministered to congregations in Alberta, B.C.; Saskatchewan; and Ontario, died May 11 at age 93.

Drawing from the parables of the leaven and the mustard seed, pastor Tim Blackmon reminded Synod 2026 that the Kingdom of God operates on a radically different scale.

Lee Carter, newly ratified director of the CRC’s Thrive ministry, told Synod 2026 that the agency’s mandate is to be a companion and guide for churches.

From rejecting a request to require all denominational employees to be confessing members of a Christian Reformed congregation, to no longer requiring the publication of a printed yearbook, some decisions of Synod 2026 passed without much discussion.

Calvin University continues to pursue full confessional alignment with the CRC doctrine, but the presence of a Pride flag in the faculty wing caused consternation.

Rev. Lora Copley, who has served as interim editor since December, is now editor-in-chief. The first time a woman has served in the role.

Responding to a request from a regional assembly, the Christian Reformed Church’s synod affirmed its historic teaching on church and state and approved a study committee to define the parameters of Christian Nationalism and offer pastoral response and guidance.

Charged to “faithfully carry the love and the truth of Jesus Christ into the places where God has placed them,” 36 new candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church were presented to Synod 2026.

The CRC won’t call exclusively digital ministries “churches” for now. The decision doesn’t apply to online extensions of churches such as service livestreams or Bible studies that meet online.

Delegates asked for more financial information and explanation from the denomination and gave guidance for church giving.

Synod 2026 no longer sees the need for the Dignity Team, a group established in 2022 to help support people who feel they have been victimized by abuses of power in the church.

Following extended debate on the purpose and governance of multisite churches, Synod 2026 passed new guidelines for the creation, support, and governance of several kinds of multisite congregations in the CRC.

Although appreciative of the 2008 expression of faith “Our World Belongs to God,” delegates to Synod 2026 recommended taking it out of the Covenant that binds pastors, deacons, and elders to the creeds and confessions of the church. A future synod must ratify the change.

Churches need clarity for members who are uncertain about the Christian Reformed Church's expectations for confessional alignment, synod said.

Nine advisory committees, four days of plenary sessions, 182 delegates—Synod 2026 covered plenty of ground.

Synod 2026 made space to hear about and celebrate the work God’s Spirit is doing within the denomination’s major ethnic communities.

Darrell Delaney told delegates ReFrame’s digital ministry is a way into the world’s darkest corners.

The over-20-year-old mission and vision statements for the Christian Reformed Church will get an update. The first report is due to Synod 2027.

While seeking to cut costs, Synod 2026 decided to maintain an annual synod but will look at classis restructuring.

Synod passionately joins in Resonate Global Mission's 10-year strategic plan for church planting.

Synod 2026 accepted a review of the work of World Renew and recommitted its covenantal relationship with the relief and development agency.

Synod 2026 specifies what churches should include in worship in the Church Order. The actual change will need to be adopted by a subsequent synod.

총회는 Resonate 글로벌 선교부의 교회개척 10개년 전략 계획을 열정적으로 승인했다.

직분자들에게는 신앙고백서에 대한 헌신의 기대치가 높다. 일반 교인들 역시 신앙고백 교육반과 개혁주의 전례 양식을 통해 신앙을 확신하고 제자로 양육되도록 해야 한다.

2026년 총회 앞에 선 CRC 목회 후보자들은 “하나님께서 그들을 이끄시는 곳에서 예수 그리스도의 사랑과 진리를 신실하게 전할 것”을 위임 받았다.

Zeeland 노회의 에런 브리스만 목사는 크리스토퍼 판투조 박사가 칼빈신학교의 새로운 구약학 교수로 승인되기에 앞서 그와 인터뷰를 진행했다.