Our Mission
As people called by God,
We gather to praise God, listen to him, and respond.
We nurture each other in faith and obedience to Christ.
We love and care for one another as God's people.
We commit ourselves to serve and to tell others about Jesus.
We pursue God's justice and peace in every area of life.
Our Vision
The Christian Reformed Church is a diverse family of healthy congregations, assemblies, and ministries expressing the good news of God’s kingdom that transforms lives and communities worldwide.
Welcome!
We’re glad you’re here and hope that these pages will help answer any questions you have about the Christian Reformed Church or, more generally, what it means to be a Christian.
The Christian Reformed Church (CRC) includes just over one thousand congregations across the United States and Canada. About 75 percent of the churches are in the United States; 25 percent are in Canada. We’re one of only a few binational denominations: rather than split into different churches at the 49th parallel, we’re united.
Almost 300,000 people belong to the CRCNA—not a large number when you consider the population of our two countries. But by God’s grace we can accomplish a lot when we work together.
More: History, Statistics, Governance
Our Name
We call ourselves the Christian Reformed Church in North America. What does that mean?
- We call ourselves Christian because we are followers of Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that he is the center of human history.
More: Christian Beliefs, The Bible, Our Daily Devotional (ThisIsToday.com)
- We’re called Reformed because we grow on a branch of the church tree that emerged from the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Europe.
More: Reformed Accent, The Reformation
- We’re a Church because we believe God has called us together to be a people who belong to him and live for him.
More: Find a Church
- North America tells you where we are situated; but it also tells you we’re connected with other Reformed denominations in other places around the globe.
More: Map of Where We Work, List of Ministries, News
Our Emblem
Our emblem is the cross in a triangle.
The triangle represents the Trinity, our belief in the one God we know as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The cross symbolizes our belief in Jesus Christ's sacrificial death for our salvation.
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The CRC is helping transform lives and communities around the world. This is YOUR church!
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