Synod 2010 said churches need more time to consider revisions of our three Reformed confessions—the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgi
ҵ
Stories from people, congregations and ministries of the CRCNA, reported by The Banner's news editor and a team of regular correspondents and Church Worldwide news from the Religion ҵ Service. Send news tips to news@thebanner.org.
- READ MORE
- READ MORE
A substantial update of the Christian Reformed Church’s Church Order—the rules that govern denominational life—gained
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 unanimously approved a working document intended to replace the current Form of Subscription.
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 refused to reopen the discussion on biblical interpretation regarding women in office.
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 decided that the CRC’s Office of Social Justice should “boldly advocate for the church’s position against ab
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 wants a task force to review the role of deacons in the CRC and to recommend ways to revitalize the diaconate and its role in
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 declared that a directive from 1991 (known as “Declaration F”), which restricted what Christian Reformed Church me
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 approved several measures meant to better connect the work of the denomination’s Board of Trustees to the broader church
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 expressed “deep disappointment” at not receiving an expected report about what the denomination’s Board of T
- READ MORE
The seven young adults who served as youth observers to Synod 2010 have proposed holding a youth summit every other year during synod, in
- READ MORE
About 50 people gathered following a session of synod to discuss a youth ministry plan being created by the Youth Ministries Task Force.
- READ MORE
Next year young adults will not only observe synod, they will be able to speak from the floor.
- READ MORE
Rev.
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 took several steps to improve the CRC’s pastoral care of victims of sexual abuse by a church leader and its care of thos
- READ MORE
“I have almost been moved to tears about the sensitivity that you have shown today,” said Rev.
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 approved a guiding principle that moves the denomination toward opening the Lord’s Table to younger baptized members who
- READ MORE
Synod 2010 decided not to allow two West Michigan churches to transfer to another classis hundreds of miles away.
- READ MORE
In a Christian Reformed version of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, Dave Larsen had Synod 2010 delegates in stitches on S
- READ MORE
More than 200 people attended a conference in Cobourg, Ontario, to learn more about being a supportive Christian community for individual
- READ MORE
Faced with an agenda of more than 700 pages, the 186 delegates to Synod 2010, along with advisers and staff, will have a long, busy week
- READ MORE
A group that started in order to teach quilting has evolved into a ministry of comfort in Oak Forest, Ill.
- READ MORE
A nika Farhan, a Muslim from Bangladesh; and Katelyn Fuller, a Christian from California; opened their email last summer to discover that
- READ MORE
Several pairs of parents and teens from Fredericton (New Brunswick) Christian Reformed Church recently traveled together to New Orleans t
- READ MORE
Jim Bode, professor of network services technology at State College of Florida, turned a recent sabbatical into three mission trips to sh