Our younger leaders are asking us to trust them: trust them to lead, trust them to plan worship, trust them with hard conversation, trust them with the budget, trust them to love the church as much as their elders do.
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.
When Li walked through the door at the start of her holiday break, she almost couldn’t believe her eyes.
“Muslims are famously unlikely to convert. We knew from the beginning that it would be God’s Holy Spirit at work if we saw anyone at all follow Jesus.”
However one is involved in ministry, it is important to recognize these “not yet” moments and encourage each other along the journey. Here are two stories of hope within unresolved ministry.
The 2020 edition of Calvin University’s January Series begins Jan. 8.
The Savior has come and is coming again. In our foolishness, as we wait for this return, we often put our sights on the material idols of our day.
Bahati’s father kicked her and her 3-year-old daughter out of the house. He also told all the people who had employed her that she had become a Christian.
A Michigan prison that used to average 150 major incidents a year, such as assault, robbery, and physical altercations now averages eight.
If we are honest, remembering those incarcerated “as if we were bound with them” is an instruction that many of us would rather forget.
솔직히 생각해 보면, 우리 대부분은 ‘너희도 갇힌 것같이 갇힌 자를 생각하라’는 교훈을 쉽게 잊고 살아갑니다.
“Trauma, if not dealt with, can fester and grow. It can prevent families from reaching their goals.”
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Several denominational employees have made a commitment to attend the fall meetings of CRCNA classes and help with ministry shares conversations.
It was during mail call, and Dorothy wasn’t expecting anything. Surprised but grateful, she scanned the piece of mail addressed to her.
Where are Timothy Leadership Training Program manuals used? They can follow Jesus, the light in the darkness, to the most unlikely places.
“아직 다 안 왔어요?” 어린 아이들을 뒷좌석에 태우고 운전한 경험이 있으면 한 번쯤 들어봤을 질문입니다. 때로는 한 번이 아니라 계속해서 듣는 질문이지요!
Some couldn’t repay a debt. Some felt they had no other option but to steal. Some have been falsely accused of crimes. Some are there for murder or manslaughter.
The Creation Project aims to “catalyze a field of study around the doctrine of creation that is faithful to Scripture and informed by contemporary scientific research.”
In every conversation, students were encouraged to think about ministry not just in terms of talking about the gospel, but in practicing what Jesus did and said.
In 1919, when Johanna Veenstra crossed the Atlantic, she became the first Christian Reformed missionary to serve outside North America and its first female missionary.
In making the visit, she saw how volunteers such as these in the village of Akokma are making progress possible even after an official program has ended.
I await the day when my grandchildren see the stone at our home and ask me, “Why did your Trinity colleagues send you off with that verse?”
“(It) forced me to reevaluate my life and realize that this was not the life that I wanted to live.”
젊은이들이 그들의 인생과 소명을 준비하는 데에 광범위하면서도 집중적인 교육이 필요합니다.
“Everywhere in Kenya and Uganda, (climate change) is known and accepted as fact. They don’t have time to argue about whether climate change is real or not because they are already living in the effects of it.”