Synod 2025 Begins

Synod 2025 began meeting in person June 13 in Founders Hall at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ont. Here are some highlights from the first few days:

• Synod 2025 Opens with Worship,
  Reminders to ‘Behave like Christ’
• What’s a Synodical Parliamentarian?
• 'You’re Part of a Global Sisterhood
  of Faithful Women'
• Synod 2025 Hears Report of First
  of Renewal Efforts: ‘Gather’
• The Real World Is More Complicated than ‘Happily Ever After’
• The Council of Delegates Chair and Vice-Chair Address Synod 2025
• Worship at Synod 2025 Honors 100 Years of First CRC Chatham
• Council of Delegates Allowed to Decide on Loan Fund Changes, Other Decisions of Synod 2025
• The Right to Bear Arms, Even at Church?
• Classis Toronto: The Dance between Discipline and Trust
• Reformed Church in South Africa Facing Challenges
• Synod 2025 Celebrates Anniversaries
• Reformed Church in America: A Time of Change and Restructure
• Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Grateful for CRC Contribution
• Reformed Church in the Netherlands Celebrates Merger
• Christian Reformed Church of Sierra Leone Growing, Needs Support
• Pastoral Spouses to Receive Support
• Calvin University Called to Clarify Their Confessional Exceptions
• Request Denied to Add Belhar to Covenant for Officebearers
• Global Christian Forum Thanks CRC for Support
• Governance Costs Review Task Force Asked to Consult with Classes
• Synod 2025 ‘Deplores’ Assisted Suicide, Affirms God’s Gift of Life
• Jared Michelson Appointed to Teach at Calvin Theological Seminary
• Synod 2025 Welcomes 19 Candidates for Minister of the Word
• Canadian Justice: ‘Happy to Talk More’
• Covenant Must Be Affirmed At Every Classis Meeting
• Synod 2025 Clarifies What ‘Without Reservation’ Means in the Gravamina Process
• Officebearers Must Still Affirm the Confessions ‘Fully Agree’ with the Bible
• CRCNA to Stay United as a Binational Denomination
• Synod’s Intercessors: An Inclination to the Spirit

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Synod will continue meeting through Thursday afternoon, June 19. Tune in to the webcast each day, read the live blog, or watch recordings of synod’s sessions.