Synod 2010: Who Came to Synod-Couples Serving Together

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Published: January 18, 2011
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For three couples, Synod 2010 was a team effort.

Rev. Bernard Bakker was a delegate from Classis Quinte, and Irene Bakker served on synod’s Faith Formation Committee. Thurman and Alice Rivers served side by side as ethnic advisers. And while Teresa Renkema chaired the study committee on Migration of Workers, her husband, Rev. William Renkema, was a delegate from Classis Zeeland.


About the Author

  • Roxanne VanFarowe is a freelance writer who claims both Canadian and American citizenship and grew up in the Christian Reformed Church. She is a member of Blacknall Presbyterian Church in Durham, North Carolina.

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