CRC Musings
Kent HendricksThoughts and reflections on the institutions, policy, and politics of the Christian Reformed Church.
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Race, white flight, and the CRC in Grand Rapids, 1967-1977
This post is the second in a series on how the CRC’s confessionalist/conservative wing lost influence in the CRC in the postwar decades, and how the Kuyperian/transformationalist wing stepped in. In my last post, I tried to show how one of...
How Synod made Grand Rapids the center of the CRC in the postwar decades (1952–1972)
The confessionalists are back.1 In the past decade and a half, they have reasserted their authority and influence in the CRC:
- starting in 2012 when Synod adopted the current Covenant for Officebearers and declined to give the Belhar c...
Are pastor delegates to Synod 2025 coming from declining churches?
Is it really possible to be both an effective local pastor and a strong denominational leader?
I’ve long held an assumption that CRC pastors who care a great deal about ministry in their local congregation tend not to be involved in classi...
Women delegated to Synod since 2008 (updated)
There are ~~17~~ 18 women delegated to Synod 2025.
This is eight fewer than Synod 2024 and the fewest in ten years. It’s also less than half the number of women delegated to Synod 2018.
Synod 2000 approved the appointment of up to seven...
The "salvation issue" issue
Synod 2024 had an important discussion about whether or not unchastity in general and same sex sexual activity specifically is a salvation issue.
This discussion was prompted by Overture 29 from Classis Iakota, which asked Synod to “declar...
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