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I just sat—and I do mean sat (and sat, and sat)—through my 15th synod (the annual weeklong leadership meeting of the Christia

We are better off together than we are apart. We are better off staying in dialogue than we are going our separate ways.

I am an ice cream fan. If you open the freezer in my kitchen, you will surely see a bucket of ice cream, if nothing else.

Scholars tell us that manyChristians no longer identify closely with denominations.

Picture a small discussion group. One day the group gets talking about prayer. “What do you struggle with in your prayer life?

Thirty seminary graduates have been declared candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church this year.

The original document titled “A Modest Proposal” came from the pen of Jonathan Swift in 1729.

Summer is here. Graduations are done. Kids are home. Vacations and travel lie ahead.

In February, Church@Work reported on the completion of a new translation of the New Testament in Mali (“New Translation is born in

Words are important.

Does the location of your church matter?

Jennifer Moore isn’t exactly sure what she’s going to do with her degree in health education from North Carolina Central Univ

During her second year at the University of Western Ontario, student Rachael Bosma became actively involved in the school’s campus

Renata Maria da Silva Moura’s life was peaceful and organized until a diagnosis of cancer changed everything.

“This is only your first 150 years,” said Rev. Kobus J. J.

Twelve thousand worshipers, including synod delegates, gathered Sunday afternoon in the Van Andel arena, downtown Grand Rapids, Mich.&mda

Rev. Setri Nyomi, General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), brought greetings to this year’s synod.

Synod 2007 urged the churches to become familiar with the Belhar Confession, a declaration focusing on racial and ethnic unity and reconc

Rarely are an individual’s contributions to the church noted by a formal act of synod.

Synod 2007 opened its last day with a service of repentance for personal and institutional racism, focusing particularly on a 1920 synodi

Ministry Share Breakdown for 2008*

Synod 2007 adopted a ministry share for calendar year 2008 of $298.58 per active, professing CRC member 18 years and older.

Synod 2007 called for a study of all the covenantal, communal commitments we have as a denomination that will consider how best to financ