Explore the 2025 January Series
Mark your calendars for the 2025 January Series!
Meet Ashley, Your Coordinator of Synodical Operations!
Get to know Ashley, the Coordinator of Synodical Operations at the Office of the General Secretary for the CRCNA. What's your role at the CRCNA, and how did you come to your position?
Advent Week 4: Taking a Moment to Love
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." What does love look like for you?
Joyful Movies for a Blue Christmas
When I heard Taylor Swift’s lead single, “Fortnight,” from her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, the single line from the song that kept repeating in my head was this: “I love you, it’s ruining my life.”
Advent Week 3: Finding Joy
"Do not be afraid, for I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all people" (Luke 2:10, NIV)
Denominational Survey - Church Promotion Resources (English)
As part of the denominational ministry plan, Our Journey 2025, the CRCNA has contracted with Calvin University’s Social Research Center and DataWise Consulting to administer a denominational survey every year.
Churches Engaged in Faithful Welcome - Recording Available
On December 5, Thrive, in partnership with Exodus World Service—our newly accredited Private Sponsorship Organization—hosted an insightful webinar designed to equip CRC churches and individuals with information and guidance about the new refugee resettlement opportunity available to U.S.
There Is Nothing More Beautiful Than the Praise of God
This morning, my waking eyes were met with stories of criminals attacking judges, sex workers bragging about 100s of clients in one day, and child trafficking. Some days, the dark depravity of the world is like a heavy curtain that drapes itself over everything true, good, and beautiful.
How Has God Been At Work in Your Life This Year?
As another calendar year draws to a close, and as the Christian liturgical year opens, I find myself pausing to reflect on how God has been moving—not just in my own life but in the lives of others.
Meet Kristen, Your Director of Communications and Marketing
What's your role at the CRCNA?
Great Ideas for Making the Most Out of Vacation Bible School
While the words Vacation Bible School and the acronym VBS immediately conjure up images of a church-run summer program for some, for those with limited church experience it's not a familiar phrase.
Advent Week 2: Peace for a Troubled World
"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them" (Isaiah 11:6, ESV)
Advent Week 1: Daring to Hope
"Come, thou long expected Jesus . . ."
Bible Verses for Parenting
Parenting is a journey filled with joy, challenges, and growth. Our children are some of the most important things in our lives, and the process of parenting forms us just as kids are formed by their parents and guardians.
Ministry Shares, Explained
Have you noticed the trend of sharing in our society? Instead of owning everything ourselves, it is now common to use ride-sharing programs such as Uber or to rent a vacation home through Airbnb.
Resources for Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 2025
Life is a gift from God’s hand, who created all things.
2024 Annual Ministry Report
In 2023, synod instructed the Office of General Secretary to come up with a “plan to arrest and reverse the trend of [membership] decline and bring about a positive trend of membership growth to our denomination.” What a daunting task with serious ramifications!
Witness Trip: A New Mission Trip for Groups
Resonate Global Mission, the mission agency of the Christian Reformed Church, has a new type of mission trip that will equip churches and other groups to live missionally in their own context back home.
The Dark Night of the Soul
There is a time in every Christian’s life when God begins removing the things we love. Peace is replaced with anxiety. Health with sickness. Family with emptiness. Success with failure. Joy with depression.
Give Thanks for Small Blessings
By nature, I am a dreamer. I envision big things, expect great outcomes, and eagerly anticipate the extraordinary. I’m often in awe of the God who worked through Elijah, David, Daniel, and Paul—ordinary people who witnessed undeniable miracles.