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Episode 261: The Bittersweet Work of Transitional Ministry — Roger Sparks & Harv Roosma (Part 1)
“When [a church invites] in an STM, what they’re saying is, ‘We want this person but also we’re willing to look at things.
 • Jason Ruis
Episode 260: Is the CRC Cutting the Wrong Things?
“We need to trim back…This is a normal aspect of renewal and reformation and revitalization…Everything expands, and then somebody eventually has to make…
 • Jason Ruis
Episode 259: Why the CRC Needs Vision More Than Another Fight
“The last two years revealed there hasn’t been vision here for a long time…We’ve been coasting around.
 • Jason Ruis
Episode 258: From Reformation to Rebuilding — Cameron Oegema (Part 2)
“Continue to find the joy even in the hard moments...There has been joy in the re-establishing trust.
 • Jason Ruis
Episode 257: From Passive Participant To Active Leadership — Cameron Oegema (Part 1)
"I've just been in the CRC my whole life, but this is what it means to be a member of a Christian reformed church...
 • Jason Ruis
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Episode 256: More Than Sunday Christians — Kurtis Ritsema (Part 2)
“I believe wholeheartedly that our denomination is in a good place…I also believe that the future is bright for the CRC…We’re in a unique place of…
 • Jason Ruis
Episode 255: What Seminary Cannot Teach You — Kurt Ritsema (Part 1)
“[I found myself] called to more than what I think I’m called to…I think my calling to youth ministry was very specific at the time because I felt it…
 • Jason Ruis
Lee Christoffels & CJ den Dulk — Pastoral Ministry: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
“I would say without any hesitation that the most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and the most…
 • Jason Ruis
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