Synod Ratifies New Director for World Renew U.S.

This week, Carol Bremer-Bennett was ratified with a unanimous vote by the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church to oversee the U.S. operations of World Renew, the denomination’s international development, disaster, and justice ministry.

Bremer-Bennett joins Ida Kaastra Mutoigo, World Renew’s Canadian Director, in providing leadership and oversight to the organization’s $38 million ministry in 35 countries around the world.

In her address to Synod, Bremer-Bennett referenced Romans 8:22, mentioning her personal journey of adoption and inviting the denomination and its representatives to “groan with World Renew as we work to restore freedom to those who are bound by poverty and hunger, and celebrate together the coming kingdom of God.”

Bremer-Bennett will transition into the U.S. directorship next month, replacing Andrew Ryskamp who is retiring after serving with World Renew for 41 years, the last 17 as U.S. Director. Bremer-Bennett’s appointment comes after a wide-ranging executive search process that included interviews in May with the World Renew Board of Directors and the Christian Reformed Church in North America’s Board of Trustees.

For more background, see our earlier story about Bremer-Bennett's appointment.