Nate Van Denend, pastor of First Christian Reformed Church in Chatham, Ont., welcomed the online assembly of Synod 2025 as pastor of the gathering’s host church.
Synod 2025
Synod 2025, the annual general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, is meeting June 13-19 on the campus of Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ont., with an initial convening by video conference May 28. The Banner will provide daily coverage posted here. See crcna.org/synod for the agenda, advisory reports, recordings of plenary sessions, and to subscribe to the daily Synod News email.
The delegates to Synod 2025 of the Christian Reformed Church in North America elected four pastors as officers to this year’s meeting: two who served Synod 2024 and two first-time officers.
The annual general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church will gather in Ontario in June. Important agenda items include the ecumenical relationship with the Reformed Church in America, a task force report on virtual churches, and Calvin University’s commitment to confessional subscription.
The CRCNA's Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee recommends that Synod 2025 add a stipulation about signing the Covenant for Officebearers for RCA pastors serving CRC congregations and if that is adopted, to affirm the current status of “church in communion.”