About Me
For me the CRC has always been a place of diversity. I grew up in an urban church plant while attending Eastern Christian in New Jersey. I got my BA in History at Calvin College and an M.Div from Calvin Seminary. After Calvin I worked with Christian Reformed World Missions in the Dominican Republic.
After the DR I took a call to the Living Stones CRC in Sacramento CA and have been busy with my buddy Kevin Adams and others helping to plant churches, do a Leadership Development Network and wreak as much havoc as I can in Classis Central CA. I've was a member of the Board of Home Missions for almost ten years.
My Topics
| Type | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Blog post | Moving Beyond Attracting the Dormant Zombies of ChristendomApril 5, 2013 | |
| Blog post | Gospel Community for the Cruciform Leaders of ClassisSeptember 27, 2012 | |
| Blog post | How will Classis Respond to the Change in Church Leadership Flow?July 10, 2012 | |
| Blog post | My Case for a Holy HypocrisyJune 7, 2012 | |
| Blog post | Why God Enables Church FightsJune 6, 2012 |
My Comments
It's a great vision. The CRC dipped its toe in with the mandate to name a "mentor" to newly installed pastors. I think we all recognize that this falls far short of the better vision...
Credentials are tools we use to communicate and confer trust in systems that are beyond our face to face networks. It's easy to see why educational degrees (diplomas) fit naturally in that system...
Or rather Karl. Karl has been writing at least half the posts lately. Thanks Karl for the great posts! :) pvk
I think it's the right choice. the RCA West has been using the term and I think it's worked well for them. This will help us collaborate more closely with them. Dual terminology has been...
Always good to hear from you George, even though this text base medium. :)
I'm a wobbly pastor of a wobbly church. Sometimes we wobble and we do fall down. I've been wobbling...