Preventing flooding, filtering run-off, and attracting pollinators, rain gardens are a beautiful way to care for God’s creation.

Last June the CRC’s Council of Delegates requested a proposal for how to hear from more LGBTQ believers as Synod 2022 debates the human sexuality report. At its February meeting it rejected that proposal and decided on an alternative.

The CRC’s executive director invited classis leaders to pray together ahead of Synod 2022. One classis declined to participate with another, saying to gather for prayer “as if in Christian unity would be a false pretense.”

The CRC’s Council of Delegates considered a new proposal suggesting tweaks to the office of the general secretary. It asked for more details to come in May.

A gentle and humble man of grace and integrity, John VanRegenmorter truly lived his life for the Lord, walking the talk every day.

The Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates has nominated a new general secretary for the denomination: the current director of Resonate Global Mission, Zach King.

Two years into the pandemic, more religious institutions are asking themselves what a hybrid approach can and should look like.

At a special meeting of the regional group of Christian Reformed churches in Alberta North, 52 delegates addressed differing formal requests to synod with the hope of moving forward “united in love.”

Bill Huyser faithfully served in the ministry of the Christian Reformed Church for almost 70 years. He died Jan. 4 at age 97.

The Refuge, in Grandville, Mich., held its first worship service Jan. 2, marking the end of what had been Trinity Christian Reformed Church and the embrace of mission as a small, nimble flock.

A group of students led by Emily Dimmick, a Protect Life Michigan campus activist and member of Fellowship CRC in Big Rapids, Mich., marched on Washington on Jan. 21, 2022.

In a new survey, white evangelicals no longer report majority support for creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Pastors in the Christian Reformed Church are addressing prolonged pandemic stress by grieving losses, finding ways to take sabbatical leave, and strengthening spiritual practices.

A farmer and a pastor whose preaching ‘enriched the soil of the church,’ Arlan Koppendrayer was in active ministry until a devastating stroke in December. He died Dec. 24.

In response to the conclusion of an independent investigation of abuse at one of its ministry partners, Resonate Global Mission has issued an apology and is contributing to the implementation of report recommendations.

Facing trial for allegedly failing to report sexual abuse, Brian Houston, co-founder of the Hillsong megachurch, announced a leave of absence until the end of this year.

Nine years after the first Canadian Catalytic Conversation—a gathering of delegates from Christian Reformed classes across Canada—Canadian CRC members were again invited to a meeting of the minds, this time on Zoom.

After 15 years of promoting the production of “content worth consuming,” Dordt University’s Prairie Grass Film Challenge mounted its final event in January 2022.

Ida Kaastra-Mutoigo, director for World Renew-Canada, is leaving to head a New York-based ministry for survivors of trafficking. Kenneth Kim will be her interim replacement.

Across the globe, Open Doors found that there has been a 24% increase in Christians killed because of their faith.

After four years of fun snow builds, a family from Faith Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, used their 2022 creation to raise money for Living Water Wells.

Xay Xue Yang,  founding pastor of the Hmong Christian Reformed Church in Sheboygan, Wisc., died Dec. 15, 2021.

Pastor and chaplain, George Van Arragon was a man who made people feel welcomed, accepted, and encouraged. He died Dec. 27.