As a delegate to the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) Synod last June, I experienced first-hand many of the difficult implications of Synod 2024’s decisions currently consuming the agendas of local church councils and regional classes. I find that I cannot now, in good conscience, re-sign the Covenant for Officebearers, as Synod 2024 has instructed all…
Heidi De Jonge, a former Christian Reformed Church (CRC) minister and chaplain, still remembers the night when she realized she would have to leave the denomination in which she was born and raised. She and her husband Tim were brushing their teeth before bed, listening to the proceedings of Synod 2016. “We just looked at…
When the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) began allowing the ordination of women as clergy, Helen Reitsma anticipated positive change for the church she attends in Brantford, Ontario. Twenty-five years later, however, her congregation still has no women in office, let alone female clergy. Even so, she says, “a lot of stuff is really run by…
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