Ahead of June meetings for the Southern Baptist Convention and the Evangelical Covenant Church, Religion News Service reports on two prominent individual congregations either campaigning to be reinstated or voluntarily leaving before being formally expelled.

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, the head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference of the Roman Catholic Church, traveled to Kyiv on June 5 as a representative of Pope Francis.

Classes of the Christian Reformed Church with spring meetings welcomed new ministers and commissioned pastors, approved ministry status changes, made changes to articles of incorporation, and sent responses to Synod 2023.

Painting, dance, song, and drums were elements of artistic expression shared in worship during the May 25-28 Canadian National Gathering of the CRCNA.

A ride-along program of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Police Department, re-initiated by Christian Reformed Church member Capt. Terry Dixon, matches local clergy with on-duty officers to “build relationships and offer their unique perspectives to the community.”

Since 2019 the CRCNA has been trying again to “reimagine” ministry shares—the money collected from member churches to pay for the running of the denomination and the ministries we hold in common

The 70-year-old Christian Labour Association of Canada is now bargaining collectively for the full-time teaching faculty at Trinity Western University.

Purchased by the American Friends of the ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, Codex Sassoon is one of the earliest and most complete copies of the biblical text.

The success of Keller's Redeemer Presbyterian Church in the heart of New York City as well as his bestselling books made him one of the most influential evangelicals in the U.S.

For almost 50 years, Habitat for Humanity has inspired people from different backgrounds—who often can’t agree on anything—to work together for their neighbors’ benefit.

A user-friendly guide to the matters and documents for Synod 2023, to be addressed when the synod convenes June 9-15, 2023 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Meeting in a place where Indigenous culture is embedded into everyday life, delegates to the Canadian National Gathering of the CRCNA will focus their time on cultural exchange as settlers and Indigenous people.

Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Muskegon, Mich., launched “Common Grounds,” a no-cost pop-up coffee stand to connect with students at Muskegon Community College.

White’s Chapel plans to invite others to join the Methodist Collegiate Church once its disaffiliation is approved by Central Texas United Methodists next month.

About a third of the formal requests coming to Synod 2023 touch on decisions made by last year’s synod on the human sexuality report. Four groups have differing hopes for how synod will respond and different plans for communicating about it.

“Lead Like a Boss,” a new nonprofit designed to prepare young women with leadership skills, was inspired by a CRC member’s experience teaching an interim course at an Illinois Christian high school.

A kind-hearted pastor who lived by a motto “to be Christlike with a servant heart,” Henry Numan died April 6. He was 81.

Meeting June 9-16 in the Calvin University Chapel, Synod 2023 will revisit decisions from 2022, receive two reports deferred from 2020, and address numerous questions of confessional alignment.

News editor Alissa Vernon, editor-in-chief Shiao Chong, reporters Roxanne Van Farowe, Kristen Parker, and Greg Chandler; and photographer Steven Herppich will be in Grand Rapids June 9-15 providing coverage of Synod 2023.

 In its first time to be hosted at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ont., the Kuyper Conference features Makoto Fujimura as keynote speaker and Kuyper Prize recipient.

Dan DeKam, a Christian school administrator with over 25 years of experience serving schools in Minnesota and Michigan, is the new director of U.S. ministry operations for the U.S. ministry board of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

Meeting May 3-5 in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Christian Reformed Church in North America’s Council of Delegates and U.S. and Canada ministry boards made appointments, met new staff, and are passing along items to synod.

The CRC Council of Delegates has forwarded to Synod 2023 changes to both the U.S. and Canadian World Renew bylaws that clarify that the relief agency’s relationship to the Christian Reformed Church in North America is one that is connected, but not directed.