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With joy, Classis Ontario West, May 20, 2020 (London) declares that Raoul Kingma (rkingma@crts.ca) sustained his Licensure Exam and (according to Art. 21 C.O.) and has been granted permission to speak an Edifying Word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches.

With joy, Classis Ontario West, May 20, 2020 (London) can declare that Rodney den Boer (rdenboer@crts.ca) sustained his Licensure Exam and (according to Art. 21 C.O.) has been granted permission to speak an Edifying Word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches.

With thankfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ, the institution of the Niagara South Canadian Reformed Church will take, DV, on Friday, May 8, AD 2020 at 7:30 PM. Due to current meeting restrictions, the service will be conducted via the livestream channel of the Dunnville Canadian Reformed Church. The service…

The Reformed Evangelism Taskforce recently launched a new website called reformedevangelismresources.org. On it one will find the Bible course - A Gift from Heaven, back issues of the evangelism magazines: Evangel, Soul, and Outreach. It also has a course on the Apostles' Creed.

The press release of Classis Northern Ontario, convened online on April 2, 2020, has been posted.

In Memoriam – Jakob Geertsema (1935-2020)

“Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust” (Ps 40:5).

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the LORD took Prof. Jakob Geertsema from this life and into eternal glory.  He was 84 years old.  He pastored congregations in Opende-Surhuisterveen, NL, Carman, MB, Chatham…

The Press Release of Classis Central Ontario (Burlington - Ebenezer), March 13, 2020.

Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ:

We are currently in the middle of uncertain and unsettling times with the recent COVID-19 developments, but we know Jesus Christ is the true and certain king of creation and that God is the God of peace (Revelation 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:23…

The press release for Classis Niagara (Dunnville), March 11, 2020 has been posted.

The Press Release for Classis Alberta (Neerlandia South), March 10, 2020 has been posted.

A decision has been made to postpone the Devon Institution until further notice. Because of the unusual virus environment, and due to at least 3 office bearers were unable to be installed, it was concluded that Immanuel Canadian Reformed Church services will revert back to the 10:00 a.m. & 3:00…

In connection with the COVID-19 outbreak, the following churches have cancelled their worship services for March 15, 2020.

A day of prayer can be proclaimed by the two churches appointed for this (Rehoboth of Burlington/Waterdown and Providence of Edmonton) at their combined initiative. We hereby proclaim Sunday, March 22 a day of prayer for the churches in light of the COVID-19 reality that is sweeping the country.

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The Press Release from January 16, 2020 meeting of the Board of Governors for the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary (CRTS) has been posted.

Rev. Rolf den Hollander, minister of the Covenant Canadian Reformed Church in Grassie, has accepted the call extended to him to serve as pastor by the Free Reformed Church in Legana, Tasmania. He has subsequently declined the calls to him from The Free Reformed Church of West Albany and The…