Christian Reformed member and small town Alberta doctor Robert Greidanus was honored with Family Physician of the Year for 2024 by the Alberta College of Family Physicians.
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Stories from people, congregations and ministries of the CRCNA, including reporting from The Banner's news editor and freelance correspondents, Classis Watch, pastor memoriams, Community Snapshots, and Church Worldwide news from the Religion News Service. Send news tips to news@thebanner.org.
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Jeremiah Bašurić, a pastor in Edmonton, Alta., and Sebastian Maldonado, a campus minister in Toronto, Ont., will share the position of senior leader for intercultural ministry in Canada.
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Tuesday nights in Bellingham, Wash., a band of friends from First Christian Reformed Church in Lynden, Wash., distribute sandwiches, socks, and bottles of water.
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In the 2024 denomination survey, top picks to the prompt “To me, the term ‘Christian Reformed’ means....” include "Christ-centered," "Scripture-centered," and "Conservative."
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After not being offered for a number of years, a revised GEMS regional training day in Ontario attracted 55 participants, GEMS Global’s executive director, and president of the board.
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Having a clear plan for an intentional health or wellbeing practice can lead to flourishing when it comes to mental health for clergy.
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Actions of Christian Reformed classes in the past several months include examining and approving candidates for ministry, releasing 10 pastors from their calls of ministry, and recognizing the disaffiliation of a church plant.
In Memoriam: Rev. Jacob Peter Heerema
1937-2024READ MOREA pastor, chaplain and past Chaplaincy director who “would go out of his way to connect with people that most of us would overlook,” Jake Heerema died Oct. 11 at age 87.
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In the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, faith-based disaster groups, including World Renew’s Disaster Relief Services, are on the scene while planning for a long, slow recovery
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Greg Elzinga, who served as interim president of Calvin University since February, believes the school to be “an amazing campus community” equipped to weather financial, social, cultural, or theological challenges ahead.
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With concern for young adults navigating in a post-Christian culture, a Bowmanville, Ont., Christian Reformed Church member helped launch a conference “designed to help young adults in their pursuit of God and God's pursuit of them.”
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The Canada and U.S. Ministry Boards of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met Oct.17, discussing “Toward CRC Canada” and creating a building maintenance fund with proceeds of the denominational building sale.
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The CRC’s Council of Delegates welcomed new members, discussed the One Family Conversation approach to classis leadership, reviewed some sobering financial numbers, and more.
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The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church approved starting Synod 2025 and future synods with a virtual convening to elect officers.
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The CRC's Council of Delegates has appointed Joel Vande Werken as the denomination’s first director of ecclesiastical governance, starting in mid-November.
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Hagersville (Ont.) Community CRC recently moved from a 60-year-old building to a 140-year-old sanctuary.
In Memoriam: Rev. Norman Edmund Jones
1931-2024READ MOREA member, in his retirement, of Aylmer (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church, Norman Jones was described at his funeral as “beloved pastor to the entire town.”
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Expecting to retire Oct. 31, Shirley Hoogstra, president emerita of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, spoke with Religion News Service about her 10 years with the institution.
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After two hurricanes hit their region only 15 days apart, members of Bradenton (Fla.) Christian Reformed Church are cleaning up and thanking God for his protection.
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The number of ministers of the Word serving outside of congregational ministry in 2023 is more than nine times greater than in 1950.
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Meeting since 2019 in professional buildings and in parking lots, Bridge Church, a Christian Reformed church plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., now worships in a Christian school on its way to completing a multi-use community hub.
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Emmaus City Church, an emerging Christian Reformed congregation in Worcester, Mass., is in its second round of Surge School, a discipleship and spiritual transformation program.
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World Relief asked supporters to urge U.S. presidential candidates “to uphold human dignity, secure borders, and protect family unity in immigration solutions.”
In Memoriam: Rev. Anthony (Tony) Begay
1938-2024READ MOREPastor, chaplain, and Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Anthony Begay was known for his deep faith and kind and generous spirit. He died Sept. 5 at age 86.