I ended my time at Synod 2024 by reading a farewell to the CRC. I spoke with my pastor, and my sister and I worked together to crystalize the wording. It was a moment we had seen coming yet had never imagined being here. Those are the most unusual moments in your heart!
There was such clarity, so the sorrow was not in saying goodbye. The sorrow was more significant in that today’s Christian Reformed Church was no longer the Christian Reformed Church we had grown up in and come to love. In the future, the Church differed from the Church of the past. That seemed clear to everyone. The division centered around churches’ various positions on gender, sexuality, and marriage.
It was not about whether one approved or disapproved. It was about much bigger things. It was about whether Church discipline is implemented, if repentance is mandated, and whether Salvation is at risk.
To that end, I read the following. I share it here because it is an essential piece in the journey to my heart. It is also because my blog is my story for my nieces and nephews and their children and their children’s children.
Grateful to God for clarity and courage,
❤️trish
