On New Year’s Day, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America split from the national denomination, one of the oldest Protestant bodies in the United States, in part over theological ...

HUDSONVILLE, Mich. — A decades-old dispute is coming to a head in the Reformed Church in America. Impasses over certain ideologies and interpretations of the Bible are causing congregations to leave ...

A pair of local churches have left the Reformed Church in America denomination. Hope Church in Grand Haven Township and First Reformed Church in the city of Grand Haven both recently left the ...

(RNS) — At its 2024 synod in June, the Christian Reformed Church instructed LGBTQ-affirming congregations to repent and comply with the denomination’s beliefs on sexuality. Some are now choosing to ...

(RNS) — The Reformed Church in America’s 214th General Synod, taking place in Tucson, Arizona, voted Saturday (Oct. 16) to appoint a team to develop a restructuring plan for the nearly 400-year-old ...

HURLEY, N.Y. — The Rev. Charles Stickley will celebrate 60 years as an ordained minister with the Reformed Church of America on Sunday, June 30. Stickley served as pastor of the Hurley Reformed Church ...

Reformed Church in America. No harm done. That was about the way delegates to the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America sized up a Southern Presbyterian decision to join Consultation on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Christian Reformed Church of America voted on Tuesday to recommend a report on human sexuality to churches. The CRC’s 2022 Synod meeting has been happening throughout ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Meijer is looking to take over the Christian Reformed Church in North America headquarters in Grand Rapids, according to planning documents filed with the city Friday. The ...

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Years before America declared its independence, European immigrants arrived in search of new lives and brought their faiths with them. Settling on a swath of land that eventually became known as New ...

Each day in the U.S., nine churches close their doors for good. This isn’t news—but it’s hard to talk about when it’s your church.