…Theological Seminary New Jersey Monica Schaap Pierce Ecumenical Associate Reformed Church in America MI Reverend Donna Field Reformed Church in America New York Pastor Annalise Radcliffe City Chapel MI Rev. Blaine Crawford Minister of Word and Sacrament Church on the Hill NY Rev. Maudelin Willock Pastor Reformed Church in America PA Rev. Terry DeYoung Coordinator for Disability Concerns Reformed Church…
…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…
…for Local Missional Engagement and special projects Anna Radcliffe Coordinator for Next Generation Engagement Andrew Bossardet Coordinator for equipping thriving congregations Rick DeBruyne Moderator for the Commission on Race and Ethnicity Terry DeYoung Coordinator for Disability Concerns Earl James Coordinator for African American Black Council and Advocacy En Young Kim Supervisor of RCA mission in Asia and the Pacific Coordinator…
…for ministry leaders in areas of discipleship, leadership development, outreach, volunteering, mission trips, global mission, church planting, next generation engagement, women’s leadership, and education around disability concerns. Beyond resources for ministry, being a member of the RCA provides resources for the administration and financial aspects of running a church. These benefits include the Board of Benefits Services’ management of the…
…infused with the gospel. Last August, Faith hosted Joni Eareckson Tada, founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization focused on advancing disability ministry. Eareckson Tada preached during the worship service and facilitated several small groups, both with Reflectors and with Overcomers. On Faith’s Dyer campus, Reflectors also meets every other Wednesday for food, activities, and a time for…
…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…
…says DeJong. “They are hearing and seeing and feeling God’s love. To see them get that—maybe for the first time—makes it all worth it.” CONNECT Have you wondered how your church can keep its baptismal promises to the children and adults in your congregation who have disabilities? Terry DeYoung, coordinator for Disability Concerns, is available to brainstorm with you….
…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…
How an aging church got creative and in faith hired a Hispanic church planter With conviction, along with fear and trembling, the consistory approved the motion. They’d be starting a new Hispanic ministry. They didn’t know how it would work. They didn’t think they could afford it. But Frank Meneses, right there at the table, would be their church planter,…
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