In the November 2024 issue of the Christian Courier, Virginia Lettinga spoke of the CRCNA as seeing itself as a denomination made up of “three strands”: the creedal/doctrinal/confessional strand, the Kuyperian/worldview strand and the pietistic/evangelical strand. Whereas this combination has not always been easy, when we listened to each other, and respected the others’ ideas, it has been extremely beneficial (“iron sharpens iron”). Virginia’s thesis is that at Synod 2024, the creedal/confessional strand asserted dominance over the other two, to the detriment of the ongoing witness inside and outside the church (read the article here).
Join the conversation with Virginia and several respondents as we think through what is lost when one strand dominates the other two, and how we can help ensure the delicate and necessary balance among the strands of the CRC. All of this has profound importance for the CRC in Canada, since the three can inform each other, quicken each other, and hold each other accountable. When the creedal/confessional strand overwhelms the other two, a major Canadian voice is silenced.
This event has concluded. Watch the recording here: “Three Strands No More” Panel Discussion
