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Upsides and Downsides on the increase of above ministry share support required of CRWM Missionaries
Upsides and downsides on more reliance on above ministry-share support Upsides Better connection to local church partners More energetic support from local church partners Able to expand mission fields (see report) Better connection between North American church and world church. … Continue reading
Please List For Me the “deep differences of conviction” that Compel the CRC and RCA to not Pursue Merger?
The CRC-RCA Joint Resolution Tonight in a joint session of Synod the CRCNA and the RCA passed this resolution. Therefore, as the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America and the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North … Continue reading
Overture 18 on Adam and Eve, To Study or Not to Study is really NOT the Question
Overture 18 from Classis Wisconsin While the Banner gets all the sizzle the massive overture from Classis Wisconsin deserves the prize for most ambitious. The overture lays out the teachings not only of the Walhout who wrote one of the scorned … Continue reading
How will the Christian Reformed Denomination Shape Its Identity and Community?
What is a Denomination For? Most of the time we approach this question from above. We pursue meta-congregational unity because Jesus desired it in John 17 and our divisions betray the body of Christ. “Denomination” itself is a sort of … Continue reading
Is CRC Culture Keeping Us from Being Impactful in North American Christianity?
The CRC’s Congregational Size Challenge Early in May a few of us via Twitter and my blog had a conversation about congregational size and the CRCNA. I’ll copy and paste the first lines of that blog post. Larry Doornbos commented via … Continue reading
The Rise of the Sy-board: Review of the CRC Structure Conversation
The CRC Denominational Sy-board Narrative The CRC is anxious about its future because of the numbers: too old, too white, congregations are too small, too little evangelism, too many young people checking out. While all levels of the church feel this … Continue reading
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Does the CRC have a Culture of Fear and Conformity that is Hurting Us?
Touched a Nerve My blog is normally a rather quiet, sleepy space where I do some musing for a few friends and readers and try to keep my links and thoughts organized and retrievable. In my last post I seemed … Continue reading
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Can Strong Leaders Develop, Rise and Stay in CRC Institutions?
Modeling Leadership at CTS in the 80s I as a student at Calvin Seminary in the 80s was under observation. At CTS the educational track and ecclesiastical track were distinct yet the Seminary faculty was responsible for producing a “faculty recommendation” … Continue reading
CRC Synod 2014 Links
Structure and Culture Conversation Can A Revised Structure Address Current CRC Challenges? YALT Interview with Steve Timmermans What if the CRC Became a Sender of Ministry Agencies? and a follow up The Dog Named Classis Why We Need to Figure Out … Continue reading
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Why the CRC Synod Should Consider Spinning Off Its Agencies
A Brief History of the History The anxiety I hear and feel from lovers of the CRC who are also watching the numbers is that the realities of numerical collapse and subsequent financial collapse will come to the CRC before … Continue reading
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