A deacon in Thunder Bay, Ontario, signed the Covenant for Officerbearers a week after its adoption by Synod 2012.

Dan Groenendyk was honored for service to the Coast Guard Academy.

Unity Christian High in Hudsonville, Mich., wins its seventh title in eight years.

Church plants Mosaic and The Table helped at Bellingham’s largest event.

Five languages were spoken at Calvary CRC’s Pentecost service.

Gusting winds of suspicion threaten improving conditions.

The Synod 2012 news team provided coverage via news releases, webcast, Twitter, Facebook, and stories on both The Banner’s website and the main CRCNA website.

Not everything at synod is serious stuff.

Five cousins attended Synod 2012.

Four bikers roared into Synod 2012 with their anti-pornography message.

The church lacks consensus about the role of the church as institute vs. organism.

CH (CPT) Richard Hill of the 82nd Airborne Division watches Synod 2012 from Ghazni Province.

Delegates recognize near consensus by scientists that climate change poses serious threat.

Synod created a new category called “Ecumenical Faith Declarations” for the Belhar Confession.

From a change to the CRC’s charter to the discussion about the Belhar, much has happened in the past five years.

Synod’s Poet Laureate, elder Rod Hugen, provides lunchtime laughter.

Synod’s Youngest and Oldest Delegates

Synod 2012 reinstates a requirement that Synod 2011 had inadvertently removed from the Church Order.

Revs. William Koopmans and Peter Borgdorff were thanked for their work for the Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee and the Belhar Confession.