September 2024

The DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada presented its 2024 National Hummingbird Award to Vancouver, B.C., resident Sandra Pronteau.

Classis Southeast U.S. supports ministry efforts in its member churches with a mini-grant fund, thanks to the investment of resources from churches that came before.

Actions of classes in the Christian Reformed Church since March include approving retirements, welcoming pastors from other denominations, and processing several pastor-church separations.

A report from the Christian Reformed Church’s Candidacy Committee on the current leadership landscape of the denomination is included in the Agenda for Synod 2024.

Founded as a Bible study correspondence course by Christian Reformed Church members in 1984, Crossroads still connects mentors with students and builds relationships.

Denominational staff hosted a time of thanksgiving and worship before closing the Grand Rapids, Mich., ministry building, in anticipation of relocation.

Trinity CRC in Goderich, Ont., shares contributions from several community partners in a weekly to-go meal program called Fishes and Loaves.

June flooding in northwest Iowa affected three Christian Reformed churches and their communities.

A pastor, missionary, and theology teacher, Arnold Rumph seemed ready at the end of his life to “dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” He died June 19 at age 94.

A hard-working, disciplined teacher and preacher with a dry sense of humor, John Boonstra pastored five congregations and served another six communities as an interim pastor. He died June 20 at age 93.

After two years of working with a local convention center to recover meals that otherwise might have gone to waste, the Bridge Church in Niagara Falls, Ont., is expanding its project to more partners.

Reuben DeBoer, member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Dunnville, Ont., is a 2024 recipient of the nationally awarded Schulich Leader Scholarship.