The denomination’s Board of Trustees announced that Rev. Gerard Dykstra has resigned for personal and family reasons.
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A recent conference for youth workers was about making time for God.
CRC members in Edmonton volunteer to prepare tax returns for people with low income.
A small Denver church disagreed when visitors from classis said they should consider closing the doors.
Couples get a regular date night through Bethany CRC’s babysitting co-op.
Grand Haven church hosted event to highlight worship music from around the world.
Whitinsville Christian School brings home the trophy.
The synods of the two denominations will meet together for an afternoon, but it will tighten the schedule for CRC delegates.
A California congregation was surprised to find themselves wedding guests this past Sunday morning.
A Fort Lauderdale congregation takes multiple trips to help Haiti.
Daily devotions can also be video on a screen.
Bellevue CRC fights the spread of gangs by keeping teens in school.
Caleb Vandenberg placed first in Ontario and third in Canada for his solution to sanitation issues in Ethiopia.
Bonnie Nicholas has started as interim director of the denomination’s Safe Church ministry.
Sunnyside Christian High won the state championship.
Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.
A Lansing, Illinois, church sets up rows of small white crosses at Easter as a symbolic cemetery for aborted babies.
Proposed covenant is a new way for officebearers to affirm the CRC’s doctrinal standards, if Synod 2011 approves it.
Changes to pension fund rules in Canada mean ministers must work longer and churches pay more.
Kelloggsville CRC brings out neighbors from many ethnic backgrounds with a soccer ministry that includes Bible study.
San Diego CRC’s SuperKids Tutoring is helping kids with their homework while helping families manage kids’ time.
Almond Valley CRC sends a touch of home to troops stationed overseas.
Orland Park CRC assembled 2,000 school supply packs for children in Haiti.
In Memoriam: Rev. Elton Piersma
March 17, 1927 — February 8, 2011Rev.