To enhance a planned joint session with the Reformed Church in America (RCA), Synod 2018 will be hosted by a church that symbolizes unity between the denominations.
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In short order, Synod 2017 (the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church) approved a complex set of revisions to the corporate bylaws
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This is what denominational restructuring looks like:
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Delegates of Synod 2017, the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church, joined the congregation of Crossroads Community CRC
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Christian Reformed Church executive director Steven Timmermans spent part of his annual state of the church address to Synod 2017 defending the denomination’s social justice ministries.
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Gratitude was the theme of an address to Synod 2017
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In an interview with The Banner, the vice president of synod Thea Leunk expressed concern and cautious optimism
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Synod 2017, the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), meeting in Palos Heights, Ill.,
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This year’s synod elected an executive with 17 years combined synod experience, but only one has experience as an officer.
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For Rev. John Medendorp and Ashley Bootsma, a match made in heaven started at Synod 2016
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A year after a wildfire that devastated parts of the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray,
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Does God really want to dwell in us? If we know the answer is yes, do we truly believe this?
In Memoriam: Rev. Earl S. Holkeboer
1923-2017READ MORESchoolteacher, missionary pastor, church planter, chaplain, superb athlete, loving father, model caregiver.
In Memoriam: Rev. Jelle Nutma
1928-2017READ MOREJelle Nutma lived the last 21 years of his life with limitations as the result of a debilitating stroke,
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Aaron Abma is one of 10 students from across the United States selected for the Lilly Fellows Graduate Program.
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Timing and choices are a big part of Katie Nixon’s story.
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Uniting around black culture within the context of Reformed Christianity
In Memoriam: Rev. Samuel Vander Jagt
1918-2017READ MOREPrior to serving as a pastor and chaplain for 65 years, Samuel Vander Jagt served his country with distinction during WW II.
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More than 800 youth, youth leaders, and volunteers gathered in Waterloo, Ont.,
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children in kindergarten through third grade are learning about and doing justice every other Sunday
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Theresa Heijster and her husband were struggling to grow their family when she decided to start a support group for women
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This June, after decades of dedication and leadership, Peter Vandermeulen will retire
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The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Canada’s minister of innovation, science, and economic development,
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More than a decade has passed since U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Rick Herrema died during battle in Iraq in 2006.