Synod 2007 said that Christian Reformed churches may not call candidates from the seminaries of the Reformed Church in America (RCA).
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Synod delegates declined a request from Classis Toronto to reinstate a Canadian director of Chaplaincy Ministries but shone a spotlight o
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Synod 2007 made it clear that every classis must have child-safety policies and a Safe Church Team to protect its most vulnerable members
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An overture (request) from Classis Zeeland reportedly caused some hurt feelings but led synod to create a new study committee on immigrat
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The CRC’s Korean-speaking classis, Pacific Hanmi, will continue to exist past its original mandate, Synod 2007 decided.
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Synod 2007’s ethnic advisers were, from left (back row): Irene Bakker, Jonathon Kim, Helen Brent; (front row) Elaine Yu, Yatta Foryoh,
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Richard van Houten, general secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), brought greetings and an update to Synod 2007.
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Two morticians at a new undertaking: elder Ron Bielema, Classis Muskegon (left), and elder Glenn Smits, Classis Illiana, were among the d
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Synod 2007 approved plans for a new hymnal, scheduled to hit the pews in 2013.
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“Can we as Christians in the East and West, the South and the North, engage as partners in God’s reconciling mission in spite
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Synod 2007 discouraged infant dedication and affirmed the Christian Reformed Church’s commitment to the sacrament of infant baptism
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Synod 2007 declined to adopt the proposal of Synod 2006 to allow all baptized children to the Lord’s Table.
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Rev. Evert Overeem of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN) brought greetings to Synod 2007.
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Delegates went with experience in electing Synod 2007’s officers.
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Synod 2007 instructed the denomination’s Board of Trustees to undertake an “orderly updating†of the Church Order of th
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More than 90 people gathered in Grand Rapids, Mich., for the 2007 Multiethnic Conference held in conjunction with synod.
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Controversy erupted around synod’s discussion on Third Wave Pentecostalism when, in a process CRC Executive Director Jerry Dykstra
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After receiving not one but two reports from the study committee looking at Third Wave Pentecostalism, Synod 2007 decided not to adopt ei
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Serving as women advisers to Synod 2007 were, from left, Kathy Vandergrift, Gloria Sanchez, Marilyn Baker, Mary Baas, Karen De Mol, Lydia
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Synod 2007 took the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Christian Reformed Church to urge the congregations and especially the leade
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Synod 2007 voted to allow First Christian Reformed Church of Prinsburg, Minn., to switch from Classis Lake Superior to Classis Minnkota,
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Synod 2007 made a historic decision that allows women who are elders and ministers to be delegated to synod starting next year.
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Synod president Rev. Joel Boot appointed Rev. Karl House, Classis Quinte, as the sergeant at arms.
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On Tuesday night, June 12, when synod debated removing the word male from the Church Order, a record 360 people tuned in to the live vide