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Reviewing The Banner
Two articles published last year led some to wonder whether The Banner had changed its message along with its medium. Did it stumble in its practice and mandate?
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May 4, 2015
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Sturdy Longings
I suddenly blurted out, “I don’t want Jesus to come back! I want to see our baby daughter grow up; I want to fix up the old house that we just bought; I want to get better at this career that I've just begun.”
May 1, 2015
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5 Streams in CRC World Missions
In the World Missions report to next month’s annual Synod, the work is summed up along “Five Streams”. Here is a summary of the ‘Streams’.
April 30, 2015
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Mind the Gap
We’re realizing more and more that having two agencies produces a gap or, at least, discontinuities. Many times, we have to travel just a city block or two to cross boundaries of culture and language.
April 29, 2015
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Clear the Decks
I once read that organizations should periodically clear the decks, disband every committee, and run lean for a season. Classes may soon be given the opportunity to do something like this...
April 21, 2015
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The Task Force Reviewing Structure and Culture
The new (and maybe not all that new) rallying cry from the churches since the Task Force began its work has been “Listen to us!” The Task Force did listen...
April 8, 2015
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Agenda for Synod 2015
The Agenda for Synod 2015 is now available on the Synod Resources page of the Christian Reformed Church in North America website.
April 7, 2015
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Diakonia Redux: Will Deacons Get a Voice?
I am not sure I’ve ever heard a deacon speak up at classis. We will soon be able to test whether this is simply a failure of my own perception.
March 17, 2015
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BOT Highlights - February 2015
The Board of Trustees of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met on February 26 and 27, 2015, at the Burlington Christian Reformed Church in Burlington, Ontario.
February 11, 2015
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What's Up With Deacons Going to Synod?
While simply sending deacons to meetings of Classis and Synod will not create change on its own, it is part of a new future.
January 13, 2015
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Deacon Advisers Needed for Synod 2015
Submit your nomination to serve as a Deacon Adviser to Synod 2015!
October 9, 2014
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BOT Highlights - September 2014
The Board of Trustees of the Christian Reformed Church in North America met on Sept. 25 and 26, 2014, at the Prince Conference Center on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich.
July 3, 2014
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My Banner Article
I have deliberately kept a low profile for the past year since the Banner published the article, Tomorrow’s Theology. I have watched as the church responded, and now that Synod has acted upon the various overtures related to it, I think it appropriate to re-enter the conversation.
June 20, 2014
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Advisors and the Collateral Benefits of Synod
The last substantive motion of CRC Synod 2014 came from the floor. The restoration of the ethnic advisors. Ethnic advisors have served Synod for a number of years due to the lack of ethnic diversity. The plan was for there to be advisors until 25 delegates were from non-CRC-majority culture...
June 18, 2014
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What's Up at World Missions?
Changes in the missionary support paradigm at Christian Reformed World Missions have created some controversy. A former missionary and current missions leader gives a personal perspective.
June 17, 2014
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Disability Ministry: How Are We Doing?
How often do we hear included in our congregational prayers, prayers for those affected by mental illness? How many worship services have we been in where we were blessed by a person in a wheelchair leading us in worship?
June 15, 2014
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Organization structure of CRCNA SPACT Report agenda 2014
There is a lengthy and thorough report of this committee. At the end of the agenda item there is a request for input which I assume to be for synod delegates to complete. I wonder if those of us in the pew can participate in this? Do we need a new post for this? It is a complicated report yet of great importance to the CRCNA. Harry Boessenkool
June 9, 2014
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Long Goodbye
The succession plan outlined in the Board of Trustees (BOT) supplement to the Agenda for Synod indicates that both the previous interim Executive Director and deputy Executive Director will continue on in other roles until March of 2015. Does any other organization work this way?
June 3, 2014
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A Gathering of Two Bi-National Synods?
While the CRCNA and RCA celebrate their historic roots in Pella this month, it is my hope that the CRCNA and PCC can do the same whenever the CRC Synod comes to Canada.
May 30, 2014
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Will Synod Appoint Timmermans as New Executive Director?
Having served on the search committee that recommended Dr. Steven Timmermans to the Board of Trustees for interview and nomination, I will not fully relax until the final vote is tallied and announced. Let me explain.
May 21, 2014
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Confessional Commitments and Academic Freedom
The church has always had a strong commitment to Christian education. This ecclesiastical commitment remains critical today. In particular, the historic creeds and Reformed confessions of the CRCNA give the college and its faculty a well-articulated faith context in which to work.
May 13, 2014
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Synod's Review of the Three Church Offices
All three offices share in the great challenge of the church leadership: the equiping of the saints, together, but also each in its own way.
May 12, 2014
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What Do We Want from The Banner?
Five overtures in the Agenda for Synod 2014 call for action related to The Banner. All of them represent responses to last summer’s heat wave generated by the publication of two articles...
May 12, 2014
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Advisers at Synod
All advisers are asked to remember their role at synod — which is to help the delegates from the classes and churches to make decisions for the whole CRC. Synod 2014 will consider a report that more clearly defines these advisers and their roles.
May 9, 2014
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BOT Highlights - May 2014
The Board of Trustees meets three times per year to implement matters assigned by synod and carry out interim functions on behalf of synod. "BOT Highlights" are published following each meeting and distributed to churches by way of the stated clerk of classis. Here's the latest issue.