Category Archives: CRC

The Ministry Share Overture is like Working on a Marriage

Posted on November 20, 2015 by PaulVK

Good conversation keeps happening on the Ministry Share Overture. Someone raise the issue of conflict. Why always, perpetual conflict in the CRC? I suggest that conflict is important, and if done right healthy and productive. The CRC will die unless … Continue reading →

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Praising God for the Scary Ministry Share Overture

Posted on November 19, 2015 by PaulVK

So the overture that I posted a couple of days ago naturally received a lot of attention and created a lot of traffic and comments to the blog. It also started discussion in the CRC Pastors Facebook Page (Open only … Continue reading →

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Trimming the CRC Denominational Tree

Posted on November 18, 2015 by PaulVK

The CRC Tea Party An overture has been quietly circulating around the CRC asking councils and classes to crowd-source a new vision of denominational restructuring. You should read it.  I’ve posted it here. http://bit.ly/crc_ministry_share_overture When this document was first shared with me … Continue reading →

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Responses to the 2016 CRC Report on Pastoral Guidance for Same Sex Marriage

Posted on November 12, 2015 by PaulVK

YALT report My initial report CTS Forum on Same Sex Relationships Oct 2015

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Fearing for the Shire: My Initial Read of the Synod 2016 Report on Pastoral Guidance re Same Sex Couples

Posted on November 6, 2015 by PaulVK

The long anticipated report on Pastoral Care Guidance to Same-sex couples is now public. There isn’t a lot of time between now and Synod in June so we should make haste in figuring out how to talk about this as … Continue reading →

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The Lost World of the CRCNA

Posted on October 16, 2015 by PaulVK

Dismantling the CRC I was born in 1963. I was in college and seminary in the 80s, returned back to US ministry in the late 90s and have been pastor in a local church ever since. In the 80s CRC … Continue reading →

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How the SCOTUS Decision on Same Sex Marriage made Church Affirmation of Same Sex Marriages Increasingly Obsolete

Posted on August 14, 2015 by PaulVK

Two articles seem to illustrate the state of the conversation. What its like being a gay Christian rock star Kristen Stewart’s Sexual Revolution Message 1: The church should accept that some people are hardwired towards attraction to the same gender … Continue reading →

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Presidential Candidates and Celebrity Pastors

Posted on August 11, 2015 by PaulVK

Why Rick Perry Probably Won’t Be President This morning I saw the news Rick Perry will be the first to drop out of his White House run because he’s stopped paying his staffers. What does this have to do with … Continue reading →

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So you want to start a revolution. What Do You Want the New Standard for the Church to Be Regarding Sex and Marriage?

Posted on July 18, 2015 by PaulVK

Call for the Church to Change My blog is filled with links passionate calls for the church (or rather conservative churches) to change their formal and informal positions on sexuality. The most recent, earnest effort is for churches to practice … Continue reading →

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The SCOTUS Decision as a “Come to Jesus” Moment for CRC Middlers in the context of Progressive Liberationism

Posted on July 4, 2015 by PaulVK

Progressive Liberationism: The Eschatalogical Doppleganger The narrative of progressive liberationism has become the dominant moral definer in the West. Churches that used to imagine themselves as the deciders of morality are now commonly judged as being immoral. It defines how … Continue reading →

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