When Pastor Bill Wilton first arrived at Sunrise Christian Reformed Church in McMinnville, Oregon, it felt like he was stepping into a quiet corner of the kingdom. A town without a strong denominational presence. A …
Letting the Spirit Breathe Again
In the early days of 2017, Pete Armstrong began his pastoral ministry at Park Lane Christian Reformed Church in Portland, Oregon. He stepped into a community that had been faithfully shepherded for nearly three decades—but …
From Stuck to New Spirit
“We had urgency, but we didn’t have agency.” That’s how Pastor Kyle Hockham of Wheaton Christian Reformed Church described the challenge his church faced two years ago. Coming out of COVID, everything felt different. The …
