*Synod 2026 has concluded

During synod, delegates and advisers initially meet in advisory committees. Each advisory committee processed an assigned portion of the agenda and prepared a report for the delegates.

NOTE: Reports linked from this page are as they were originally presented to the 2026 Synod and voted upon. In its deliberations, synod made many amendments to recommendations and those amendments are not reflected here. The final wording of recommendations, as well as the decision made on each recommendation, can all be found in the Acts of Synod published later this year, or by watching the webcast recording of each session. The Acts of Synod serve as the official record of synod deliberations.

• Advisory Committee 1A
• Advisory Committee 1B
• Advisory Committee 1C
• Advisory Committee 1D
• Advisory Committee 1E - Majority
• Advisory Committee 1E - Minority
• Advisory Committee 1F - Majority
• Advisory Committee 1F - Minority
• Advisory Committee 1G (revised)
• Advisory Committee 2A
• Advisory Committee 2B
• Advisory Committee 2C
• Advisory Committee 2D (revised)
• Advisory Committee 2E (Majority)
• Advisory Committee 2E (Minority) revised
• Advisory Committee 2F
• Advisory Committee 3A
• Advisory Committee 3B (revised)
• Advisory Committee 3C
• Advisory Committee 3D (confidential) exec. session
• Advisory Committee 3E
• Advisory Committee 3F
• Advisory Committee 4A (revised)
• Advisory Committee 4B
• Advisory Committee 4C
• Advisory Committee 4D
• Advisory Committee 4E
• Advisory Committee 4F
• Advisory Committee 5A
• Advisory Committee 5B
• Advisory Committee 5C
• Advisory Committee 5D
• Advisory Committee 5E
• Advisory Committee 5F
• Advisory Committee 6A
• Advisory Committee 6C
• Advisory Committee 6D
• Advisory Committee 6E
• Advisory Committee 6F
• Advisory Committee 7A
• Advisory Committee 7B
• Advisory Committee 7C
• Advisory Committee 7D (Majority)
• Advisory Committee 7D (Minority)
• Advisory Committee 7E
• Advisory Committee 7F
• Advisory Committee 8A
• Advisory Committee 8B
• Advisory Committee 8C
• Advisory Committee 8D
• Advisory Committee 9A (revised)
• Advisory Committee 9B
• Advisory Committee 9C (revised)
• Advisory Committee 9D
• Advisory Committee 9E

• Agenda and Acts of Synod 2025 | Guide
• 2024 Agenda and Acts of Synod | Guide
• 2023 Agenda and Acts of Synod
• 2022 Agenda and Acts of Synod | Deferred Agenda for Synods 2020-2021 | Summary: English, Korean
• 2021 Agenda | Deferred Agenda for Synod 2020 | Minutes of Special Meeting of COD | Summary: English, Korean | Report of Ministries/Institutions
• 2020 Agenda | Minutes of Special Meeting of COD |  Summary: English, Korean | Report of Ministries/Institutions
• 2019 Agenda and Acts of Synod | Summary | Reimagining Ministry Shares | Ecumenical Categories
• 2018 Agenda | Erratum | Acts of Synod | Summary
• 2017 Agenda and Acts of Synod | Summary
• 2016 Agenda and Acts of Synod | Summary
• 2015 Agenda and Acts of Synod
• 2014 Agenda and Acts of Synod
• 2013 Agenda and Acts of Synod | Erratum
• 2012 Agenda and Acts of Synod
• 2011 Agenda and Acts of Synod
• 2010 Agenda and Acts of Synod

• 2001-2003
• 1857-2000

• CRC Code of Conduct: English, Spanish, Korean
• Guidelines for the Suspension and/or Deposition of Ministers of the Word
• Church Guidance for Vetting Organizations for Donations
• Commissioned Pastor Handbook
• Journey Toward Ordination
• Affiliation Process for Pastors and Congregations
• Covenant for Officebearers (2012)
• Belhar Confession for Study
• Guide for Conducting Church Visiting (2015)
• Our World Belongs to God: A Contemporary Testimony (2008)
• Boards and Committees List

• Synod's response to study committee reports ​are provided with the link "Synod's Response."
• Defining Membership Task Force
• Task Force to Study Multisite Churches | Summary: English, Spanish, Korean
• Task Force to Develop Church Order Procedures to Discipline Officebearers | Summary: English, Spanish, Korean
• Report from the COD Taskforce to Review Governance Costs: English Spanish Korean
• Asssisted Suicide Task Force | Summary: English, Spanish, Korean
• Report of the Team to Clarify Distinctions in Synodical Pronouncements, Decisions, Reports, Positions, and Advice
• Virtual Church Task Force Report
• Church Order Review Task Force Report | Summary: English, Spanish, Korean  | Synod's Response
• Ecclesiastical Marriage Task Force (deferred to 2023) | Summary: English, Korean, Spanish | Synod's Response
• Study of Bivocationality Task Force (deferred to 2023) | Summary: English, Korean, Spanish | Synod's Response
• Committee to Articulate a Foundation-laying Biblical Theology of Human Sexuality (deferred to 2022): English, Spanish, Korean | Summary: English, Korean, Spanish  
  Synod's Response
• Structure and Leadership Task Force (deferred to 2022)
• Addressing Abuse of Power Committee (2021)  
  Synod's Response
• Synod Review Task Force (2019): English, Korean  
  Synod's Response
• Addressing Abuse of Power Committee (2019)  
  Synod's Response
• Committee to Provide Pastoral Guidance re Same-sex Marriage (majority and minority) (2016): English, Korean, Spanish  
  Synod's Response
• Committee to Study Religious Persecution and Liberty (2016): English,  
  Korean summary  
  Synod's Response
• Doctrine of Discovery Task Force (2016): English,  
  Korean summary  
  Synod's Response
• Study of Offices of Elder and Deacon (2015)  
  Synod's Response
• Task Force Reviewing Structure and Culture (2014)  
  Synod's Response
• Task Force Reviewing Structure and Culture (2013)  
  Synod's Response
• Diversity in Leadership Planning Group II (2013)  
  Synod's Response
• Diakonia Remixed: Office of Deacon Task Force (2013)  
  Synod's Response
• Task Force Reviewing Structure and Culture (2012)  
  Synod's Response
• Creation Stewardship Task Force (2012) Summary Report  
  Synod's Response
• Form of Subscription Revision II (2012)  
  Synod's Reponse
• Affirming Baptism and Forming Faith (2011)  
  Synod's Response
• Children at the Table (2011)  
  Synod's Response
• These Living Waters (2011)  
  Synod's Response
• This Bread of Life (2011)  
  Synod's Response
• Migration of Workers (2010) (English) (Korean) (Spanish)  
  Synod's Response
• Roeda Overture 7 to Synod 2010 - Supporting Documentation
• Belhar Confession Report (2009): See Belhar Resources    
  Synod's Response
• Third Wave Pentecostalism II Report (majority and minority) (2009)  
  Synod's Response
• Lord's Supper and Roman Catholic Mass (Revised 2008)
• Third Wave Pentecostalism Report (majority and minority) (2007)
• Third Wave Pentecostalism Survey Report(2006)  
  Synod's Response
• War and Peace (2006)  
  Synod's Response
• Summary of Christian Day School report (2005)  
  Synod's Response
• Restorative Justice (2005)  
  Synod's Response
• Heidelberg Catechism Q. and A. 80 (2004)  
  Synod's Response
• Pastoral Care for Homosexual Members (2002)  
  Synod's Response
• End of Life Issues (2000)  
  Synod's Response
• Review the Decision Regarding Women in Office (2000)  
  Synod's Response
• Pastoral Care for Homosexual Members (1999)  
  Synod's Response
• Worship Report (1997)  
  Synod's Response
• God's Diverse and Unified Family (1996):   
  English, Spanish, Korean
• Children at the Lord's Supper (1995)  
  Synod's Response
• Creation and Science Report (1991)  
  Synod's Response
• Marriage Guidelines Report (1980)  
  Synod's Response
• Ethical Decision About War (1977)  
  Synod's Response
• Synodical Decisions and Confessions (1975)  
  Synod's Response
• Neo-Pentecostalism (1973)  
  Synod's Response
• Committee to Study Homosexuality (1973)  
  Synod's Response
• Nature and Extent of Biblical Authority (1972)  
  Synod's Response
• Infallibility and Inspiration (1961)  
  Synod's Response