https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:08:47 +0000 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/council-delegates-highlights-february-2024 The Council of Delegates (COD) of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met via video conference on February 14-16, 2024. During this meeting, the COD spent time in prayer, received reports, held discussions, and made decisions. Highlights of this meeting are attached. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/council-delegates-highlights-february-2024 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/denominational-survey-church-promotion-resources-english As part of the denominational ministry plan, Our Journey 2025, the CRCNA has contracted with Calvin University’s Social Research Center and DataWise Consulting to administer a denominational survey every year. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/denominational-survey-church-promotion-resources-english Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:50:43 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/cod-highlights-october-2023 The Council of Delegates (COD) of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met in the denominational offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 11-13, 2023. During this meeting, the COD spent time in prayer, received reports, held discussions, and made decisions. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/cod-highlights-october-2023 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/our-journey-2025/2023-denominational-survey-results As part of the denominational ministry plan, Our Journey 2025, the CRCNA has contracted with DataWise Consulting to administer an annual denominational survey. The results from the 2023 survey have now been compiled. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/our-journey-2025/2023-denominational-survey-results Mon, 15 May 2023 12:46:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2022-annual-ministry-report Earlier this year, I was appointed by Synod 2022 to the new position of General Secretary of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA). It's an honor and a blessing to be asked to serve in this way, but it's also intimidating. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2022-annual-ministry-report Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:45:57 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/our-journey-2025/2022-denominational-survey-results As part of the denominational ministry plan, Our Journey 2025, the CRCNA has contracted with Calvin College’s Social Research Center to administer an annual denominational survey. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/our-journey-2025/2022-denominational-survey-results Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/post-synod-2022-announcement-zachary-king On July 1, I will begin my tenure as General Secretary of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. This position was just approved by Synod 2022 as part of our denominational restructuring. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/post-synod-2022-announcement-zachary-king Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:30:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/crcna-membership-trends-1963-2022 On May 6, 2022, Dr. Neil Carlson of DataWise Consulting, LLC, led a presentation to the Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. His presentation focused on the decline of membership in Christian Reformed congregations. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/crcna-membership-trends-1963-2022 Mon, 30 May 2022 20:08:18 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/cod-highlights-may-2022 The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met in the denominational offices in Grand Rapids, Mich., on May 5-6, 2022. This was the first time the council met in person since February 2020. Here are highlights from that meeting. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/cod-highlights-may-2022 Tue, 17 May 2022 13:42:46 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/council-delegates-cod-highlights-february-2022 The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met via Zoom conference call on  February 16-18, 2022. Highlights from this meeting are included in the attached PDF. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/council-delegates-cod-highlights-february-2022 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:33:30 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2017-2020-denominational-survey-results Every year, one fifth of CRCNA congregations are actively invited to participate in a survey that examines who we are as a denomination and how we are doing on our main ministry plan goals. The survey is conducted in partnership with Calvin University's social research center. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2017-2020-denominational-survey-results Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:20:27 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/crc-gyodan-chongmuwa-hamkkehaneun-jugan-gidohoe-chocheong 친애하는 목사님들께  한 교단으로서 우리가 어려운 시간 가운데 있다는 것을 인지하며, CRCNA 교단 이사회Council of Delegates는 2021년 6월부터 2022년 6월까지, 성령이 하시는 말씀과 우리 서로 간에 귀 기울이는 기도의 해가 되도록 교회들에 권장하고 있습니다. “함께 하나님의 얼굴 구하기Together Seeking God’s Face”라고 부르는 이 기도 계획에 여러분 모두 참여하셔서, 기도하며 분별하는 마음의 자세를 취하고 실천 하시도록 초대합니다.  CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/crc-gyodan-chongmuwa-hamkkehaneun-jugan-gidohoe-chocheong Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:55:43 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2021-annual-ministry-report Last January, as we rang in the new year 2021, many of us thought we would soon be leaving the COVID-19 pandemic behind. We had endured a year of lockdown, social distancing, masking, and more. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2021-annual-ministry-report Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:11:38 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/council-delegates-cod-highlights-october-2021 The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met via Zoom conference call on October 13-15, 2021. Highlights from this meeting are included in the attached PDF. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/council-delegates-cod-highlights-october-2021 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:49:32 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/crcna-stance-religious-exemptions-vaccination The CRCNA denominational offices have been asked about Religious Exemption requests for those wanting to be exempt from what may be required vaccinations by various institutions. In consultation with several staff as well as the President of Calvin Theological Seminary, w CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/crcna-stance-religious-exemptions-vaccination Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:04:37 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/reports-ministries-and-educational-institutions-2021 This year marks the second consecutive year in the history of the Christian Reformed Church that its annual synod had to be canceled. Typically, synod addresses a very full and complex agenda, including annual reports of the CRC’s ministries and educational institutions. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/reports-ministries-and-educational-institutions-2021 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:00:23 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/our-journey-2020-final-report From 2016 to 2020, the Christian Reformed Church was on a journey together. CRC members and leaders across Canada and the United States had expressed the challenges their churches were facing. CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/our-journey-2020-final-report Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:37:36 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/church-offering-calendar-and-deacons-helper-worksheet Are you a deacon, worship planner, administrator, or pastor? If so, check out the Church Year Resources page to find The Offering Calendar, Deacons' Helper Worksheet, and other helpful resources.  CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/church-offering-calendar-and-deacons-helper-worksheet Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:04:05 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2020-annual-ministry-report The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to question many things in our lives that we once took for granted—how and where we work, what school looks like, how we greet and talk to each other, even what we wear when we go into the grocery store.  CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2020-annual-ministry-report Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:46:10 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2021-synodical-taskforce-reports-and-summaries The reports of the following synodical study committee and task forces, to be addressed by Synod 2021, are available for your consideration and study: Committee to Articulate a Foundation-laying Biblical Theology of Human Sexuality, Ecclesiastical Marriage Task Force, and Study of Bivocationality CRC Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/2021-synodical-taskforce-reports-and-summaries Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:56:43 +0000