The ministries of the Christian Reformed Church in North America have several resources to help individuals and congregations in their cultivation of prayer and spiritual disciplines. Most of these can be found at crcna.org/resources. 

These resources include: 

“There have been some encouraging things happening when it comes to intentionally incorporating prayer into the lives of our congregations, classes, and denominations,” denominational prayer shepherd Rev. Jon Hoekema said, including the concentrated effort to surround Synod 2022 with prayer. Volunteers will be recruited to pray for Synod 2023 too.

Local and regional prayer initiatives are also happening. Classis Southeast U.S. had a day of prayer before its fall meeting, Hoekema said, and Classis Zeeland has a weekly pastors' prayer gathering. 

Hoekema holds a prayer time via video conference on the second Wednesday of every month. Those wishing to participate should email prayer@crcnapartners.org for more information. Hoekema also encourages people to visit crcna.org/pray to subscribe to daily, weekly, or monthly prayer requests.

See: Forming Spiritual Habits Together

About the Authors

  • Katie Ritsema-Roelofs is a commissioned pastor in the Christian Reformed Church and serves as the worship consultant for Thrive, the denomination's agency focused on equipping and encouraging congregations. She also serves as the director for the Worship for Workers initiative at Fuller Seminary. She and her family live in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

  • Megan Herrema is communications coordinator with the Office of Social Justice and Faith Formation Ministries.

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