Category Archives: CRC

Classis Grand Rapids East Creates Study on Same Sex Marriage

Posted on January 31, 2016 by PaulVK

Report from the Banner Link to the study

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The Ministry Share Overture now has its own website

Posted on January 22, 2016 by PaulVK

https://ministryshareovertureblog.wordpress.com/ Comparing CRC ministry shares to other denoms

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A few thoughts for today on the CRC and the Same Sex Marriage Conversation

Posted on January 14, 2016 by PaulVK

This conversation heated up on Voices again. These are a few thoughts for today. 1. There were a number of possible paths that the Study committee could have taken. They choose to give guidelines to outline the implied limits of … Continue reading →

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Wendy Gritter Shares Her Story

Posted on January 13, 2016 by PaulVK

On Top Magazine     Generous Spaciousness, Wendy’s Book Gene Haas’ review of her book Another talk by Wendy

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Renaissance of Christian Thought

Posted on January 9, 2016 by PaulVK
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Remaking Denominations by Making Networks For an Age Beyond the Experts

Posted on December 17, 2015 by PaulVK

The CRCNA and the Local Congregation I’ve done a lot of writing in the past few years about the relationship between the denomination as institution and the vitality of the local congregation especially in the CRCNA. In this post in … Continue reading →

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Reformed Leadership Initiative for RCA and CRC Churches in Central California

Posted on December 16, 2015 by PaulVK

CRC and RCA Working Together In 2014 at Central College in Pella Iowa the CRCNA and the RCA held a joint Synod meeting in which they made a partnership declaration. Out of that came The Reformed Collaborative. This May a … Continue reading →

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First Gay Couple Legally Wed In Kent County

Posted on December 6, 2015 by PaulVK

Calvin College Student Newspaper Chimes

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Abortion Rights, Gun Rights, and CRC Church Order Article 28

Posted on December 5, 2015 by PaulVK

Church Order Article 28a Article 28 a. These assemblies shall transact ecclesiastical matters only, and shall deal with them in an ecclesiastical manner. Skye Jethani on the Phil Vischer podcast quipped about the political “sacraments” for the right and the … Continue reading →

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Same Sex Marriage as Theological Crisis for the CRC

Posted on December 3, 2015 by PaulVK

The Standard Narrative of Progressive Liberationism Many Americans, Christian or not assume a narrative that lines up the following into a new American civil rights manifest destiny. In the American Civil War and Abolitionist movement American abolished slavery In the … Continue reading →

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