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Synod 2006 made some wonderful decisions, some surprising decisions, and some confusing decisions on behalf of the Christian Reformed Chu

This was the first year the Synodical Ministerial Candidacy Committee (SMCC) presented candidates for the ministry to synod.

Emerging Church

Thank you, Mark Brouwer, for your thoughtful and enlightening article “The Emerging Church” (June

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Every believer is a minister.

You don’t have to be contemporary to grow

Almost before debate gets started, calls for the question arise from the floor.

I’m delighted to report that your donations to the ministry of The Banner helped us meet the goal set by the denomination

A husband and wife walk into a dentist’s office. The man tells the dentist, “Doctor, I’m in a big hurry.

The format and style of synod’s opening service of prayer and praise will continue to be under the jurisdiction of the host church

The italicized text below is what will be placed in brackets in the future with an explanation that the CRC no longer believes that text

If an adult had approached a teenage Darwin Glassford and predicted that he would be professor of church education at Calvin Theological

Synod 2006 affirmed the acknowledgement by First Christian Reformed Church, Toronto , of the CRC’s official guidelines regarding h

Like everything else, the cost of doing ministry together rises every year.

Some delegates to synod (the annual meeting of the Christian Reformed Church) feel the need to speak to every issue.

In a discussion that started with many references to the Holy Spirit at work, Synod 2006 adopted a compromise about women in ecclesiastic

Last month Peter Borgdorff wrote his “swan song”—his last “Dear Reader” column.

Synod 2006 authorized the CRC’s Interchurch Relations Committee to formally study the Belhar Confession to see if it is applicable

Synod 2006 completed the work of a previous synod in ending the Christian Reformed Church’s condemnation of the Roman Catholic Mass

Synod 2006 broadened the category of “hardship” for churches in reporting their membership count.

The Judicial Code Committee of the denomination reported to synod that it did not conduct a hearing in the matter of a man from Colorado

Synod 2006 said that baptized children are part of God’s family and should be invited to partake in the Lord’s Supper with th

My husband was to fly in that night. No problem. I’d gladly meet him after a week’s separation.