Nine advisory committees, four days of plenary sessions, 182 delegates—Synod 2026 covered plenty of ground.

Did you know the Christian Reformed Church synod has approved eight specific Bible translations for use in worship by Christian Reformed congregations?

As of the beginning of February, the number of Christian Reformed churches with a pastoral vacancy—those actively searching to fill it—is about 18% of the total number of organized congregations.

Here are 10 of our mostread 2025 articles on TheBanner.org, two per category, between January and December 2025.

The Christian Reformed Church in North America is pursuing “a vision, plan, strategy, and financial proposal for church planting

41 congregations of the Christian Reformed Church celebrated significant milestones this year.

At least 38 congregations have begun or completed a process of disaffiliation from the CRC since Synod 2024.

How would you say your spiritual life and faith has changed over the last 12 months?

The annual denomination survey asks respondents to select from 28 phrases in response to the prompt “To me, the term ‘Christian Reformed’ means ...”

Check out the numbers for this year’s agenda.

The CRC maintains a relationship of churches in communion with 23 denominations and of churches in cooperation with 21 denominations/partners.

Reports from classes of the Christian Reformed Church meeting since last June’s synod include 33 congregations who have begun a process of disaffiliation from the CRC.

What can we learn from Christian Reformed churches that reported growth through evangelism? 

These were the 10 most-accessed articles on thebanner.org between January and December 2024

In the 2024 denomination survey, fewer than 30% of respondents (28.1%) selected “justice-seeking” as one of the top phrases to complete the sentence, “To me, the term ‘Christian Reformed’ means....”

In the 2024 denomination survey, top picks to the prompt “To me, the term ‘Christian Reformed’ means....” include "Christ-centered," "Scripture-centered," and "Conservative."

The number of ministers of the Word serving outside of congregational ministry in 2023 is more than nine times greater than in 1950.

Oct. 31 is marked as Reformation Day in Protestant churches to remember the onset of the Protestant Reformation that began in 1517. 
 

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.

Kent Hendricks used digitized agendas from the Hekman Library website to find the average number of words per overture for nine different years going back to 1944.

Got something to say to synod? A lot of people (or councils or classes) have had a lot to share in the past five years

“Many have inquired about the current ratio of vacant churches to ministers eligible for call, and there is a growing sense that the Christian Reformed Church in North America has a ‘pastor shortage,’

Once a year, members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America are asked to respond to the denomination's annual survey covering things from giving and diaconal work to prayer and spiritual disciplines.