The Christian Reformed Church is a diverse family of healthy congregations, assemblies, and ministries expressing the good news of God's kingdom that transforms lives and communities worldwide.

As people called by God,

We gather to praise God, listen to him, and respond.

We nurture each other in faith and obedience to Christ.

We love and care for one another as God's people.

We commit ourselves to serve and to tell others about Jesus.

We pursue God's justice and peace in every area of life.

For

God is present in our world by his Word and Spirit.

The faithfulness of our great Provider gives sense to our days and hope to our years.

The future is secure for our world belongs to God!

The mission statement is a reflection on Christ's living mandate for his church gathered from every corner of the Christian Reformed Church.^* The collaborative mission statement contains five distinct yet interconnected elements, which call all members of the body to a wholistic ministry expressed both individually and communally. It voices our restlessness to be God's obedient people in ways we have only begun to realize. We are propelled toward an unknown future, for which our abiding resources are God's Word and Spirit.

Each center of our life together -- congregation, classis, synod, and every specialized ministry we have established -- is an integral part of our shared mission in and to God's world. As people redeemed by Christ's blood and commissioned to be servants to hungering people, all of us embrace an urgent personal mission of worship, nurture, caring, discipling, and building Christ's kingdom in our own times and places. United by our historic confessions ^** and a contemporary testimony (1986), institutions and individuals move forward with a shared mission in response to God's call to "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God" (Mic. 6:8).

^* The Christian Reformed Church, rooted firmly in the Reformed tradition, is part of the universal Christian church. God's sovereignty and grace move us into the future, focus our vision, and give us a message of hope to proclaim.

^** The Heidelberg Catechism (1563), the Belgic Confession (1561), and the Canons of Dort (1618-19).

We gather to praise God, listen to him, and respond.

Sing joyfully to the Lord. . . . Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. (Psalm 33:1, 3, 4)

We nurture each other in faith and obedience to Christ.

The plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. . . . he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. (Psalm 33:11, 15)

We love and care for one another as God's people.

May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:22)

We commit ourselves to serve and to tell others about Jesus.

The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. (Psalm 33:18-19)

We pursue God's justice and peace in every area of life.

The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. (Psalm 33:5)

Therefore,

we wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. (Psalm 33:20-21)