News - Canadian Reformed Churches

Zachary Bonura sustains Licensure Examination

May 29, 2025

With joy, Classis Ontario West of May 28, 2025 declares that br. Zachary Bonura sustained his licensure examination (according to C.O. Art. 21) and has been granted permission to speak an edifying word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of three years from this date.

Jayden Houweling sustains Licensure Examination

May 29, 2025

With joy, Classis Ontario West of May 28, 2025 declares that br. Jayden Houweling sustained his licensure examination (according to C.O. Art. 21) and has been granted permission to speak an edifying word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of three years from this date.

Caleb Poppe sustains Licensure Examination

May 29, 2025

With joy, Classis Ontario West of May 28, 2025 declares that br. Caleb Poppe sustained his licensure examination (according to C.O. Art. 21) and has been granted permission to speak an edifying word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of three years from this date.

Thomas van Leeuwen sustains Licensure Examination

May 29, 2025

With joy, Classis Ontario West of May 28, 2025 declares that br. Thomas van Leeuwen sustained his licensure examination (according to C.O. Art. 21) and has been granted permission to speak an edifying word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of three years from this date.

Raoul Kingma's permission to speak an edifying word extended

May 29, 2025

Classis Ontario West of May 28, 2025 has granted an extension for br. Raoul Kingma to speak an edifying word (according to Art. 21 CO) in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of one year from this date.

Adam Werkman’s permission to speak an edifying word extended

May 29, 2025

Classis Ontario West of May 28, 2025 has granted an extension for br. Adam Werkman to speak an edifying word (according to Art. 21 CO) in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of one year from this date.

GS 2025: Press Release

May 26, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

The official Press Release of GS 2025 has been published.

GS 2025 - Provisional Acts

May 21, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

The Provisional Acts of GS 2025 have been uploaded. Note that this version of the Acts is not final but still provisional. A final version will be published once all work on editing the acts and prepping them for hard-copy publication has been completed.

Rev. Mark ten Haaf accepts call to Arthur

May 21, 2025 Edmonton (Providence) Calgary Arthur Rev. Mark ten Haaf

Rev. Mark ten Haaf of the Providence Canadian Reformed Church in Edmonton has accepted the call to the Arthur Canadian Reformed Church and has declined the call to the Canadian Reformed Church at Calgary.

GS 2025: Closed

May 16, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

Following a marathon session this afternoon, General Synod was declared closed on May 16, 2025, at 4:00pm.
Please be advised that Acts will be published when they are ready for provisional publication, which will likely be in the course of early next week.

GS 2025: Friday Morning May 16

May 16, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

GS 2025 will meet, DV, in plenary session open to the public during the morning of Friday May 16. The session begins at 9:00am. Items of business include: SCBP (Expansion BoP), SCBP (LS Forms, phrase "Summarized in the Confessions" in Liturgical Forms, Infant Baptism Form, Ecclesiastical Route, PCA, Guest Preachers…

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GS 2025: Thursday Evening May 15

May 15, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

GS 2025 will meet, DV, in plenary session open to the public during the evening of Thursday May 15. The session begins at 7:00pm and the plan is to go until all agenda items ready have been dealt with. Items of business include: Hymn Cap, SCBP Report (administrative), SCBP mandate…

May 14, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

GS 2025 will meet in plenary sessions open to the public during the evening of May 14 (7:00-9:00pm) and the morning of May 15 (9:00am-done). Items of business include: Hymn Cap, SCBP Report (administrative), Liturgical Forms Questions, Shortening General Synod, Guest Preachers from non-sister churches, Interchurch Relations Indonesia, Form for…

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GS 2025: Provisional Acts

May 14, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

The provisional acts of GS 2025, May 6 through 10 have been posted.

Please note that these acts are PROVISIONAL and not official. Official acts of all sessions will not be published until after Synod's completion.

GS 2025: Tuesday May 13 Evening session

May 13, 2025 Aldergrove 2025

The next plenary session of GS 2025 will be this Tuesday (May 13) evening. Items for business include: CO 55 (songs), Hymn Cap, CRTS (Seminary), Creed Footnote, Days of Commemoration, Modernization of Hymn language, Composition General Synod, inter church relations (URCNA, NAPARC, ICRC, FRCSA, RPCNA, RPCC, ARPC, Indonesia) GS officers…

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