“Some object that there are women seated as delegates; others lament that there are not more women among us. We choose to work together despite these differences,” Synod 2023 says.

Andy de Ruyter, chair of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates, leaned into his role as an “adviser” to synod as he addressed the general assembly Monday, June 12.

Synod 2023 participants attended workshops with denominational ministry leaders on topics important to furthering the church’s mission.

Participants of Synod 2023 rested on the Lord’s Day and gathered for worship at the host Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids, Mich.

In his second synod as the official prayer shepherd of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, Jon Hoekema is working to “raise a culture of prayer.”

Synod 2023 has decided to keep the doors open—even when the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church discusses sensitive topics next week.

Two American and two Canadian pastors make up the officers for Synod 2023, guiding the Christian Reformed Church’s general assembly June 9-15.

Delegates to the Christian Reformed Church in North America’s 2023 general assembly were encouraged to “prop each other up” and lean into restorative leadership as they work together in the coming week.

Joel Huyser will end 28 years of ministry with the CRC on June 30, expecting in retirement to support the work of a new Christian school in South Korea with his teacher wife, Jeannie.

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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.