A treaty was made between the Haudensaunee and the Dutch in 1613. To commemorate this treaty, the Haudensaunee made a two-row wampum treaty belt.
Our Shared Ministry
Our Shared Ministry is a place to hear, discuss, and celebrate the ministry that we, as the Christian Reformed Church, are involved in across North America and around the world.
“We are one of the premier athletics programs in all of Division III, and so why not add more offerings that meet the needs of our students?” said Dr. Wiebe Boer, president of Calvin University.
Our diversity is something to celebrate, but it also poses unique challenges for reaching people with the gospel and seeking justice in our communities.
A group of 37 people representing congregations from California, Iowa, New Mexico, and parts of Canada traveled Oct. 19-25, 2022, to the southern United States to explore racial reconciliation
- February 1, 2023| |
A version of founder’s syndrome lies behind our reluctance to invest in emerging leaders.
Jesus prepared leaders to take over ministry after his ascension.
Manoj and his family were some of the only Christians in their village in India.
Canadians preparing for ministry through Calvin Theological Seminary no longer face the decades-long hurdle of the exchange rate between the U.S. and Canadian dollar.
There are diverse ways to worship and walk with God.
Go Local is a ministry that coaches believers through a process of learning how to discover where God is at work in their neighborhoods and joining that work themselves.
We want to be a denomination anchored in God’s love for us and propelled by God’s desire to see us grow.
Are you a prayer warrior?
In addition to the 20-minute chapels, students, faculty, and staff also engage in campus-wide Bible studies.
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.
What does it look like to be a community that actively cultivates practices of prayer, Scripture reading, and other spiritual disciplines?
- December 7, 2022| |
Incarnation is one reason I love being a Christian.
- November 30, 2022| |
Have you ever wondered how much time the average Christian Reformed church member spends volunteering for their congregation?
- November 23, 2022| |
Our congregations rely on volunteers to help them run. Denominational ministries do as well.
As the Faith Practices Project continues to unfold, here’s how ministry leaders in different contexts are using and contributing to the resources.
A sense of control began to deteriorate when the family moved from Beijing to New York.
For over a century in Turkana, Kenya, young men have been raiding their neighbors’ cattle.
- November 2, 2022| |
Authors of Our Journey 2025 identified four specific goals toward which they believed God was calling the CRCNA to strive.
This year, one of the most significant military chaplains from the CRCNA’s 80 years of ministry to the armed forces retired.
- October 26, 2022| |
The Reformed teaching that my worldview affected how I consumed or produced media and culture was eye-opening.