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Single working mothers found a friend in Bridgeway Community Christian Reformed Church, Haledon, N.J., this past year.
A victory ride around their community in a fire truck—flashing lights and all—helped Manhattan (Mont.) Christian School stude
The Banner and Reformed Worship garnered several awards recently from the Associated Church Press (ACP) and the Evangelical Press Associa
A 66-foot-long submarine sandwich in honor of 31 junior and senior high school graduates stretched along two walls at Immanuel Christian
The Roseland Christian School community in Chicago is grieving the death of former student Blair Holt, 16, as are members of Pullman Chri
“This is only your first 150 years,” said Rev. Kobus J. J.
Twelve thousand worshipers, including synod delegates, gathered Sunday afternoon in the Van Andel arena, downtown Grand Rapids, Mich.&mda
Rev. Setri Nyomi, General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), brought greetings to this year’s synod.
Synod 2007 urged the churches to become familiar with the Belhar Confession, a declaration focusing on racial and ethnic unity and reconc
Rarely are an individual’s contributions to the church noted by a formal act of synod.
Synod 2007 opened its last day with a service of repentance for personal and institutional racism, focusing particularly on a 1920 synodi
Ministry Share Breakdown for 2008*
Synod 2007 adopted a ministry share for calendar year 2008 of $298.58 per active, professing CRC member 18 years and older.
Synod 2007 called for a study of all the covenantal, communal commitments we have as a denomination that will consider how best to financ
Synod 2007 decided that church planters may vote at classis (regional meetings).
Synod warmly welcomed 30 new candidates for CRC ministry this year.
Synod delegates gave a standing ovation to Rev.
Synod 2007 made it more difficult to become a minister of the Word in the Christian Reformed Church without first obtaining the prescribe
Synod approved the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible for use in Christian Reformed worship services.
Synod 2007 said that Christian Reformed churches may not call candidates from the seminaries of the Reformed Church in America (RCA).
Synod delegates declined a request from Classis Toronto to reinstate a Canadian director of Chaplaincy Ministries but shone a spotlight o
Synod 2007 made it clear that every classis must have child-safety policies and a Safe Church Team to protect its most vulnerable members
An overture (request) from Classis Zeeland reportedly caused some hurt feelings but led synod to create a new study committee on immigrat