…403(b) Retirement Program, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance, and for churches to provide health insurance that meets or exceeds the minimum requirement as required in the Book of Church Order. The pastors Billy spoke to articulated that they would love to receive these benefits, but that there was no way their congregations could afford them. Generally speaking, for a…
…up the next generation, empower and deploy women, and assist with all disability concerns while coaching for effective leadership that addresses racism and embraces strategies for strengthening and multiplying Reformed congregations.” Rev. Annalise Radcliffe Director of future church innovation Annalise felt called to ministry at a young age. She studied English at Hope College and holds an MDiv from Western…
…a new learning community is drawing together congregations actively involved in disability ministry. They will explore together how to take the next step and add advocacy for people with disabilities to their current ministry involvement. Other potential advocacy learning communities are in the works. They’ll focus on children and education (offered in partnership with African American/Black Ministries), immigration and mass…
…planting process. You also have access to the rest of the ministry staff at the denominational level, covering everything from Next Generation Engagement to Disability Concerns to Local Missional Engagement to Leadership Development to Discipleship to Women’s Transformation and Leadership. What about the denomination as a whole? You have a sending church partner to support and advocate for you at…
…their two well-adjusted sons, the disability insurance that became available after a 10-year battle, the health insurance that has been made possible, and, most recently, a voucher for Section 8 housing. “I’m not much of a religious man,” says Aaron, “but Mayer and the church have been a godsend. Things are falling in place for a better day and I…
…from RCA and CRC members. Responses from participants were very positive; read what some of them said. The denominations work closely on church planting, partnering on church planter assessments and training and cosponsoring Kingdom Enterprise Zones, places where CRC and RCA leaders plant churches together. The RCA and CRC also join forces on disability ministries, leadership development, congregational renewal, radio and media…
…their ideas. “I have two children with disabilities,” Mast said. “And unfortunately, we have not done a good job in our denomination keeping our covenant vows to children with special needs.” He said the recommendation was a way to “really put ourselves behind something that is very, very, very much a need.” Learn more about Disability Concerns in the RCA….
…2011, they held a joint session when their synods, both held at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, overlapped.) The two denominations have amped up collaboration in recent years, working together in church planting, disability ministry, faith formation, and more. (For a full list, see http://images.rca.org/docs/leadership/RCA-CRC-Collaborations.pdf.) Earlier in 2014 RCA general secretary Tom De Vries and CRCNA executive director Joel Boot…
…who don’t come to church. After a series of prayer walks, the new church also committed itself to inviting people with disabilities to their programs. These days around 40 percent of participants in their evening programs have a disability, although only 16 percent of people in the neighborhood do. “When we began to open our doors and hearts to people…
…of Colonial Church of Bayside, New York, both Janet and Grace have come to know the love of Christ. And Janet, in turn, has used her special-needs experience to help Colonial Church start its Friendship Club, a ministry for Bayside residents with intellectual challenges. “We really love it,” says Paduano Cardillo, a Colonial Church deacon and RCA disability advocate, of…
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