[1996:Dec.11] - Christian Reformed Board of Trustees Removes Homosexuality Study Committee Member for Pro-Gay Views

[1996:Dec.10] - Pine Creek CRC Petitions to Leave Classis Holland for Zeeland

[1996:Nov.21] - Calvin Theological Seminary Terminates Pro-Gay Professor

[1996:Nov.20] - Conservative Interchurch Council Will Study Discipline of Christian Reformed Church for Women's Ordination

[1996:Nov.19] - For Immediate Release: Conservative Interchurch Council to Consider Expulsion of Christian Reformed Church

[1996:Nov.08] - Separation Without Secession: Interclassical Conference Urges Christian Reformed Synod to Create New Conservative Classes

[1996:Nov.08] - Rhem to Reformed Church in America: "The Bible is a Wax Nose"

[1996:Nov.07] - Interclassical Conference of Christian Reformed Conservatives to Consider Separation from Christian Reformed Denomination; Women in Office, Calling God "Mother," Theistic Evolution, Abortion, Homosexuality Headline Protests by Conservatives

[1996:Oct.31] - Lake Michigan Regional Fellowship Votes to Let Federated Churches Stay After Most Federated Churches Leave

[1996:Oct.30] - Michael Scott Horton Admitted to Christian Reformed Church

[1996:Oct.30] - Classis Wisconsin Appoints Committee to Study Calvin Professor Dr. Hessel Bouma's Views on Abortion

[1996:Oct.28] - Appeal Stalls Settlement Agreement on Rev. Richard Rhem; Protests Greet Upcoming Rhem Keynote Speech for RCA Regional Synod of the Mid-Atlantics on "The Church in Conflict... Can Non-Believers be Saved?"

[1996:Oct.28] - November 11-12 Special Meeting of Canadian CRC Council Asked to Retract Brief to Canadian Government Supporting Homosexual Domestic Partnership Legislation

[1996:Oct.11] - Hamilton Classis Asks Council of Christian Reformed Churches in Canada to Retract Homosexual Rights Statement

[1996:Oct.09] - Quotes in United Reformed News Service Prompt Classis Hudson to Unseat Rev. Casey Freswick

[1996:Oct.09] - Classis Hudson Declines to Overture Christian Reformed Synod to Receive Hackensack Church Opposed to Women in Office

[1996:Oct.09] - Reformed Bishop of Transylvania, President of Worldwide Consultative Synod of Hungarian Reformed Churches to Speak Oct. 10 at Calvin Seminary, Seventh Reformed Church 10 am, Calvin Seminary: The Place of the Creeds and the Scriptures

[1996:Oct.11] - Classis Muskegon Averts Heresy Trial, Completes Separation Agreement with Richard Rhem, Christ Community Church

[1996:Oct.07] - $600,000 Christian Reformed Lawsuit Settled After Longstanding Dispute with Seceding Hamilton Church

[1996:Oct.06] - Membership Totals for Dutch Reformed Denominations in North America and the Netherlands

[1996:Oct.04] - New Denomination Born: Most Christian Reformed Seceders Organize as "United Reformed Churches of North America"

[1996:Sep.30] - Northern Michigan Nixes Ordination for Mary-Lee Bouma

[1996:Sep.23] - Two More Christian Reformed Churches Secede

[1996:Sep.20] - Official Statement of Drafting Committee Regarding Alliance of Reformed Churches Purpose

[1996:Sep.19] - Antonides Approved for Ordination by Christian Reformed Church's Classis Grand Rapids East

[1996:Sep.11] - Vander Weit Takes on Interclassical Conference

[1996:Sep.11] - Hofman Ordained as First Christian Reformed Woman Minister

[1996:Sep.11] - Alliance of Reformed Churches Leaders Meet to Plan Future

[1996:Sep.10] - Second RCA Minister Faces Discipline for Theological Views (1996:Sep.09) - Text of Statement of Joint Meeting of the Mt. Hamilton Christian Reformed Church and Hamilton Independent CRC

[1996:Aug.14] - Dr. Jonathan Gerstner on Rhem: "Tragedy is the Only Word"

[1996:Jul.30] - Free Reformed Synod Breaks Relations with Harold Camping's Church; Approves Issuing Call to Westminster Prof Joey Pipa

[1996:Jul.29] - Missions, New Sem Prof Headline Protestant Reformed Synod

[1996:Jul.28] - Rhem Conflict Leads to Homosexuality Debate in Muskegon

[1996:Jul.19] - Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church Issues Unanimous Call to Mary Antonides

[1996:Jul.18] - Muskegon Classis Rebukes Rhem for "Heretical" Views, Restarts Negotiations "to Reach a Mutually Acceptable Separation Agreement" with Christ Community Church

[1996:Jul.16] - Media Alert: Reformed Church in America's Muskegon Classis Asked to Declare Pastor of RCA's Fourth-Largest Church "Heretical"

[1996:Jul.09] - Classis Toronto Examines Ruth Hofman for Ordination as First Female Christian Reformed Minister of the Word

[1996:Jun.19] - Will the Year of Penance Perish?

[1996:Jun.19] - Synod Provisionally Adopts Guidelines on Handling Abuse

[1996:Jun.19] - Synod President Van Ryn: Synod "Did the Right Thing."

[1996:Jun.18] - CRC Synod Rejects 25 Overtures and Communications Calling for End to Classical Option on Ordination of Women

[1996:Jun.18] - Churches Allowed to Switch Classes for Theological Reasons

[1996:Jun.18] - Synod Approves Korean Classis with 15-Year Time Limit

[1996:Jun.18] - Synod Rejects Gender-Sensitive Confessional Revisions

[1996:Jun.18] - Record of Previous Synodical Votes on Women in Office

[1996:Jun.17] - Fraternal Relations with Dutch "Mother Church" to Head Agenda When Christian Reformed Synod Convenes Today

[1996:Jun.17] - Update Notice: Synod Session 6/17/96 Schedule

[1996:Jun.17] - Christian Reformed Synod Intensifies Restrictions on Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland

[1996:Jun.17] - Orthodox Presbyterian Fraternal Delegate Announces OPC Suspension of Relations with CRC Over Women in Office

[1996:Jun.17] - Prominent GKN Minister Regrets Synodical Action

[1996:Jun.17] - Synod Rejects Wisconsin Overture: Calvin Prof Dr. Hessel Bouma III Remains Free to Teach His Views on Abortion

[1996:Jun.17] - Synod Supports Schedule Shrinkage: Four Year Test of One-Week Synod to Begin with Synod 1997

[1996:Jun.17] - Effort Rejected to Downgrade Status of Seceding Ministers

[1996:Jun.15] - President of GKN Synod "Very Disappointed" by Advisory Committee Recommendation to Suspend Ties

[1996:Jun.14] - Women in Office Leads Orthodox Presbyterians to Suspend Ties with CRC, Will Terminate in 1997 Unless CRC Changes

[1996:Jun.13] - Christian Reformed Interchurch Relations Committee Recommends that Fraternal Relationship with Dutch Mother Church be Held "In Abeyance"

[1996:Jun.13] - GKN Synod President Addresses Christian Reformed Synod

[1996:Jun.12] - Reformed Ecumenical Council to Explore Continued Conversations with Seventh Day Adventists

[1996:Jun.11] - Christian Reformed Synod 1996 Elects Former Home Missions Executive Director Rev. John Van Ryn as President

[1996:Jun.07] - Can Non-Christians Be Saved? Reformed Ecumenical Council to Debate Question of Uniqueness of Jesus Christ

[1996:Jun.05] - Canadian CRC Woman Makes History: Claire Elgersma Elected First Female Officer of Reformed Ecumenical Council

[1996:Jun.03] - Dordt College President Opens Worship Service at 50th Anniversary Assembly of Reformed Ecumenical Council

[1996:May 29] - Protestant Reformed Synod 1996 to Mark Generational Change: New Professor to be Appointed to Replace Herman Hanko

[1996:May 28] - Classis Quinte Kills Compromise Proposal on Women in Office

[1996:May 21] - Conference of Top Evangelical Leaders Calls Evangelical Movement to Repentance for Liberal Theological Drifts

[1996:May 06] - No Former Synod Officers Delegated to Synod 1996

[1996:May 04] - Reformed Church in America, Christian Reformed Top Executives Explore Closer Staff Cooperation

[1996:May 03] - Relentless Church Unity Drive Poses Threat of Separation; Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Synod Again Supports "Together on the Way" Merger with Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland

[1996:May 03] - Oregon Mission Work Leaves CRC; Total of Conservative Christian Reformed Secession Congregations Reaches 61

[1996:May 03] - Christian Reformed Conservatives Pleased by Engelhard Speech to Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland

[1996:Apr.20] - The Cambridge Declaration of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals April 20, 1996

[1996:Apr.16] - Lake Erie Votes to Urge Delegation of Deacons to Classis

[1996:Apr.15] - Other Classis Votes on Women in Office

[1996:Apr.12] - Lake Erie Overture Engine Shifts Into Overdrive

[1996:Apr.12] - Lake Erie Asks Synod to Create Committee to Receive Women in Office Overtures and Communications

[1996:Apr.11] - Huron: "Yes" to Women in Office; "No" to Women Delegates

[1996:Apr.03] - Split Classis Rocky Mountain Declares "Male" Inoperative, But Overturing Church Won't Be Delegating Women Elders

[1996:Apr.03] - Northern Illinois, Chicago South Allow Women in Office

[1996:Apr.02] - Northern Michigan: No Ordination for Mary-Lee Bouma

[1996:Mar.29] - Total of Christian Reformed Classes Allowing Women's Ordination Reaches Thirteen

[1996:Mar.25] - Obituary: Dr. John Gerstner, Defender of the Faith

[1996:Mar.21] - List of Classis Decisions on Women in Office

1996:Mar.20 - Arizona Asks Synod to Rebuke Interclassical Conference

1996:Mar.18 - Lake Erie Overtures Synod to Withdraw from North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council [corrected copy]

[correction] - Correction and Clarification: Lake Erie Overtures Synod to Withdraw from North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council [detail showing corrections]

1996:Mar.13 - Classis Arizona Asks Synod to Rebuke Interclassical Conference

1996:Mar.13 - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Announces Speakers

1996:Mar.11 - Calvin College Appoints Cornelius Plantinga as Dean of Chapel

[correction] - Correction: Calvin College Appoints Cornelius Plantinga as Dean of Chapel

1996:Mar.07 - CRC's Classis Muskegon Approves Women's Ordination

[correction] - Correction: (CRC's Classis Muskegon Approves Women's Ordination)

[correction] - Correction: (Muskegon RCA Classis: No Room for Pastor Questioning Salvation Apart from Christ, Authority of Scripture)

1996:Feb.27 - Top Evangelical Leaders to Convene Summit Near Boston

1996:Feb.26 - Christian Reformed Decline Reaches 9.2% of Denominaton; Fourth Consecutive Year of Decline Costs CRC Over 24,600 Members, Drops Denomination Back to 1979 Levels

1996:Feb.22 - Evangelism Explosion Reaches All Nations on Earth; Expansion of Dr. D. James Kennedy's Evangelism Program to North Korea Accomplishes Goal of Training Evangelists in All 211 Countries

1996:Feb.20 - Calvin Professor Part of Major Survey on Church and Politics

1996:Feb.13 - Committee of Concerned Members of the Christian Reformed Church Discontinues Operations after Twelve Years

1996:Feb.10 - Pew Charitable Trusts Director Named to Calvin College's Second Highest Post of Provost

1996:Feb.10 - Dutch Reformed Leader Dr. G.C. Berkouwer Passes Away

1996:Feb.02 - Special Meeting of RCA's Muskegon Classis Discusses Homosexuality, Scripture, Salvation Apart from Christ

1996:Jan.24 - Lake Michigan Regional Fellowship Calls Special Meeting to Deal with "Crisis" of Federation

1996:Jan.24 - CRC's Largest Congregation Joins Protest Against Fraternal Relations with Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland

1996:Jan.24 - Classis Grand Rapids East Follows Calvin Seminary Faculty Urgings; Reaffirms 1973 CRC Position on Homosexuality

1996:Jan.23 - Kalamazoo Declines to Allow Women Delegates to Classis

1996:Jan.16 - More Christian Reformed Churches Secede from Denomination

1996:Jan.13 - Reformed Churches of New Zealand Suspend Ties with CRC

1996:Jan.13 - Dutch Reformed Translation Society Organized

1996:Jan.13 - Bavinck Eschatology Translation Completed, Sent to Publisher

1996:Jan.12 - Concerned Presbyterians Announce Jay Adams as Lead Speaker

1996:Jan.11 - Obituary: Past Christian Reformed Synod President, Leading Alliance of Reformed Churches Pastor, Dies in Kalamazoo at 78

1996:Jan.10 - A Vision for Growth: 110-Member Alliance Congregation Purchases 650-Seat Church Building

1996:Jan.08 - Apologist and Theonomist Dr. Greg Bahnsen Passes Away