How to Evaluate Overtures
A starting list of questions that can help in evaluating overtures.
Write your own blog post to share your ministry experience with others.
A starting list of questions that can help in evaluating overtures.
A trip to LA produced bright and insightful conversations with emerging CRC leaders that far outshined the weather.
Syd Hielema shares his journey through Hearts Exchanged so far.
The Office of Race Relations is featuring stories of people who have been humbly displaying distinguished leadership in diversity and racial justice work within the CRC. Read about Enrique and Febe Gomez in this article.
“I am still in the infancy of my journey to learn more.”
Is in-person congregational worship now an endangered species? If so, is it worth saving?
February is Random Acts of Kindness Month! Here are 30 ideas to share kindness with your neighbors.
Simple steps to alleviate Virtual Breakout Room phobia in participants.
The Office of Race Relations is privileged to introduce you to Daeju Kang, one of the recipients of the 2021/22 Multiracial Student Scholarships. Read his brief biography and some of his thoughts on the importance of social justice.
We all need to take fresh steps in ministry and mission. An important part of fresh steps is discerning where your church is in its lifecycle.
How do you deal with sabotage as your congregation looks to make its God-given difference?
In 1973 and 1999, synod called upon the church to repent and embody hospitable belonging with its gay members. The current Human Sexuality Report echoes this call. Are we ready to do it?
"More coaches get fired when their teams are losing." Might this inform the rising number of Article 17's in the CRCNA?
Colin Watson es el Director Ejecutivo de ICRNA y está estudiando en el programa de Doctorado en Ministerio en el Seminario Teológico Calvin. Lea la fascinante historia de Colin y lo que lo llevó a convertirse en estudiante una vez más.
En la Oficina de Relaciones Raciales de CRC estamos celebrando 50 años de trabajo contra el racismo. El personal de la ORR pensó que obtener los puntos de vista de las personas blancas involucradas en el trabajo contra el racismo podría brindar puntos de vista únicos sobre la importancia del Mes de la Historia Negra.
The genocide practiced against Native Americans was a genocide in every sense of the word.
Thanks to the generosity of God’s people, Barnabas Foundation recorded an unprecedented volume of giving in 2021!
Cuando pensamos en la Historia, a menudo consideramos que fue hace cientos de años. Pero, inconscientemente o no, olvidamos que nuestra realidad presente está íntimamente ligada a nuestro pasado histórico.
Throughout my four-plus decades in vocational ministry, I have wrestled with three persistent temptations. Perhaps you can relate.
How can we abandon assumptions that keep segregation in place? This is work for courageous preachers in pulpits and prophets at dinner tables.
How do you join God at work? It might be as simple as saying "yes" and hitting the "like" button.
¿Es posible imaginar a partir de las Escrituras una forma de ver nuestro propio pecado en la segregación que está funcionando para mantener el racismo en su lugar? ¿Podemos nombrarlo y domesticarlo? La alternativa es un evangelio divisivo.
What is your church doing about ableist practices? Explore this important topic at Inspire 2022.
Our denomination has a Code of Conduct. So what?
As the agenda for Synod 2022 grows, don’t forget that the discernment and decision-making of your local church is just as important.