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CCC was born in the throes of World War II. Noteboom said, “The pursuit of peace is built into our DNA.” 

The Reformed Church in America is at a crossroads.

With many CRCs no longer hosting a second service on Sundays, Synod 2019 proposes changing the Church Order to reflect current practice.

“Churches in communion” and “churches in cooperation” replace previous eccumenical partnership labels.

Two years ago, Synod (the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church) adopted a new category among its fundamental statements of faith. 

Syd Hielema, leader of Faith Formation, addressed synod in his final act in that role. 

Synod 2019 approved changes for how the archives of the Christian Reformed Church, Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary will be managed. The archives will now be governed under the Hekman Library.

Observers who want the church to better include LGBTQ members unexpectedly got a chance to give feedback on an interim report.

Synod 2019 spent time discussing and praying about the interim report about the theology of human sexuality.

Sherry TenClay and Sharon Jim met each other at Synod 2001, when they served on the first-ever group of women advisers. 

Acting at the request of Classis Pacific Northwest (a classis is a regional grouping of churches), Synod 2019 (the Christian Reformed Church’s general assembly) created a new classis. 

Lists of names looked at by synod have stories of joy and pain behind them.

Delegates to Synod 2019 had the opportunity to attend workshops on various ministry topics.

On its 100th anniversary, Faith Community CRC of Wyoming, Mich., hosted Synod 2019’s synodical service of prayer and praise.

The Christian Reformed Church’s executive director gave his annual state of the church address to Synod 2019.

Paul R. De Vries shared the work of the Council of Delegates with Synod 2019.

More than 50 women attended the third annual dinner for women inleadership.

This year’s executive committee includes a deacon for the first time. 

Church of the Servant, a Christian Reformed congregation in Grand Rapids, Mich., has found its long-running Basic English Service has shaped the church as a whole.

The Christian Reformed Church’s Faith Formation Ministries will offer leaders a different platform and coordinated support for Dwell, its Sunday school curriculum from a Reformed perspective. 

One hundred nineteen participants from across Canada considered the theme From Emptiness to Fullness as they discerned together the next steps for ministry in their local and national contexts.

Fred VanDyk, a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church who worked at various times in the United States, Canada and Nigeria, died May 7. He was 85.

Peoria Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, marked 125 years of ministry June 2, 2019.