Asian-American Pastoral Ministry: IA, MN, CA, CO, MI, NJ, ON, WI - 2003, 2005 & 2006
Focus: the challenges of pastors who are recent immigrants (2003)
Focus: preparing for the future of Asian churches in the CRCNA (2005)
Focus: grow healthy pastors and healthy Asian-American churches (2006)
Coordinator: Fernando del Rosario
Band of Brothers: MI - 2005 & 2008
Focus: support and encouragement in pastoral spiritual growth (2005)
Focus: support, encourage, and challenge each other as pastors, fathers, and husbands (2008)
Coordinator: Coleman Moore
Bay Area Pastors Together in Spiritual Training: CA - 2003
Focus: the practice of Sabbath renewal in pastors' and spouses' lives
Coordinator: Larry Fryling
Central Korean Pastors Ministry Association: MI, IL, OH, NM, IA - 2006
Focus: pastoral management
Coordinator: Yong Ju Oh
Central Plains Peer Learning Group: MO, IA, IL - 2008
Focus: develop leadership abilities and personal life balance skills
Coordinator: Ken Krause
CRC Church Planters in New England: ME, NH, MA - 2003
Focus: church plants and their ministries
Coordinator: Carl Bergman
CRC Discovery II: CA - 2005
Focus: to discover the CRC and group members' place in it
Coordinator: Sid Sybenga
CRC Laotian Pastors' Group: IA, MN, CA, FL, MI - 2005
Focus: training in the Reformed faith and communication of the Gospel
Coordinator: Khay Baccam
Classis Georgetown Pastor's Leadership Network: MI - 2003
Focus: leadership in the church and how to develop it
Coordinator: Bob Huisman
Classis GLA NE LEAD Team: CA - 2007
Focus: creating synergy and energy for kingdom service
Coordinator: Sid Sybenga
Classis Lake Erie Michigan Pastors' Group: MI - 2008
Focus: pastors supporting, encouraging, and challenging each other
Coordinator: Adrian Eising
Clergy-Led, Faith-Based Community Organizing: MI - 2007 & 2008
Focus: seeking justice for the poor and those facing injustice
Coordinator: Jack Kooreman
CNY Explorers: NY - 2005 & 2006
Focus: developing pastoral identity, insight, and sustainability (2005)
Focus: understanding the joys and stresses of pastoral marriages (2006)
Coordinator: Derek Van Dalen
CNY Proclaimers: NY - 2004
Focus: to grow in preaching and worship planning
Coordinator: Derek Van Dalen
Partially funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
Company of Preachers: AB - 2004
Focus: becoming better, more effective and more faithful preachers
Coordinator: Johannes Schouten
Jointly funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Competing Spiritualities: WA - 2004
Focus: how to minister in a post-modern culture
Coordinator: Rob Jansons
Partially funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
Cross Cultural Church Partnership Exploration: BC - 2008
Focus: investigate and explore cross cultural partnerships between churches
Coordinator: Joel Ringma
Cultivating and Collaboration for Healing Communities: MI - 2009
Focus: equipping pastors to minister to released prisoners
Coordinator: Richard Rienstra
Culture Critics: MI - 2006
Focus: impact of culturally significant events on Christian faith and ministry
Coordinator: Bill Sytsma
Culture Critics Revisited: MI - 2007
Focus: responding to trends and issues in contemporary culture
Coordinator: Bill Sytsma
Disciplines for a Deeper Journey: MI, IL - 2009
Focus: growing in the spiritual disciplines
Coordinator: Scott Greenway
DTS Skagit County: WA - 2004
Focus: ministry reporting to elders/supervisory boards
Coordinator: Michael Kooy
Explorers of Faith: CA - 2009
Focus: enhancing capacity for servant leadership
Coordinator: Won Seok Song
Exploring Healing to Build Healthy Churches: WA - 2004
Focus: how to minister holistically to those in need
Coordinator: John Van Schepen
Eyes Wide Open: MI - 2003
Focus: the challenges of change in the established church
Coordinator: Tony Meyer
Facelifters: CO - 2007 & 2008
Focus: promoting long-term pastoral health and effective ministry
Coordinator: John Terpstra
Fellowship & Formation: NJ - 2008
Focus: develop leaders for mission focused churches
Coordinator: Craig Broek
Finishing Strong, Ending Well: MI - 2003
Focus: exploring how to spend the final years in ministry in ways that sustain pastoral excellence
Coordinator: John Steigenga
Following the Pied, Pious, and Puritan Piper: AB - 2006
Focus: the pastoral theology of John Piper
Coordinator: Art Verboon
Fostering Healthy Inter-Cultural Congregations: ON - 2008
Focus: identifying mono-cultural barriers to inter-culturalism
Coordinator: John Vander Stoep
Gathering Place Education: MI - 2006
Focus: family systems theory
Coordinator: Randy Meyers
Good Shepherd Fellowship: WA, OR - 2006 & 2007
Focus: pastoral skills in a rapidly changing culture
Coordinator: Gilbert Kim
Good Shepherd's Association: CA - 2003, 2004 & 2005
Focus: personal development and ministry effectiveness in the church (2003 & 2004)
Focus: pastors experiencing learning, fellowship, and accountability (2005)
Coordinator: Jonathan Kim
Hackensack Southern Tier: MD, NC, DC, VA - 2006
Focus: development of preaching skills
Coordinator: Paul Van Dyken
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
Hamilton Area CRC Pastor's Network A: ON - 2003
Focus: the empowerment of the Holy Spirit in ministry
Coordinator: Richard Grift
Hamilton Area CRC Pastor's Network B: ON - 2003
Focus: the empowerment of the Holy Spirit in ministry
Coordinator: Bart Velthuizen
Harvesters for Christ: CA - 2005
Focus: ministry that wins, builds, congregates, and multiplies healthy churches
Coordinator: Elmer Tandayu
Interior BC Pastors' Leadership Network: BC - 2005
Focus: BC interior pastors sharing, praying, encouraging and equipping for effective ministry
Coordinator: Andrew Vander Leek
Ironing Board: MI, MN, CO - 2004
Focus: the study of pastoral care in varous aspects of ministry
Coordinator: Gary Brouwers
Joel's Dream Team: AB - 2003
Focus: intergenerational worship and ministry
Coordinator: Karen Wilk
Funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Journey Home: CA - 2008
Focus: develop resources in biblical geography for use in teaching and preaching
Coordinator: Peter Ryu
Korean American Ministry Training Association: MI - 2004
Focus: conflict management in the church/effective spiritual leadership
Coordinator: Paul Yu
Korean Canadian Pastors' Group: BC, AB - 2008
Focus: sharing lives and pastoral experiences
Coordinator: JongPil Oh
Korean Christian Reformed Fellowship: CA - 2003
Focus: teamwork in Korean churches
Coordinator: Matthew Kim
Korean Pilgrimage: CA - 2008
Focus: developing sermons and teaching resources
Coordinator: Jang Ho Park
Korean Reformed Worship Study Group: MI, IL, OH - 2009
Focus: Reformed worship and the Korean congregation
Coordinator: Dongwon Na
Lakeshore Seekers: MI - 2004
Focus: evangelism in the mid-sized church
Coordinator: Keith Doornbos
Lakeshore Small Church Pastors: MI - 2005
Focus: discovering God's purpose for pastors of small congregations
Coordinator: Gerrit Haagsma
Large Church Cluster: MI, ON, IL, MA, WA, CO, IN - 2009
Focus: impacting the city for Christ
Coordinator: Shawn Sikkema
Larger Church Network: IN, IL - 2009
Focus: leaders of larger churches developing, encouraging, and being accountable
Coordinator: Jul Medenblik
LEAD Group: IL, IN (2 groups) - 2007
Focus: to learn, encourage, be accountable, and dream together
Coordinator: Peter Kelder
Leading Small Churches Toward Health: MD, VA, NC, DC - 2005
Focus: understanding the healthy church and learning to lead churches towards improved health
Coordinator: Paul Van Dyken
Leading the Large Multigenerational Mission Church: ON - 2007
Focus: leading large and growing churches
Coordinator: Henry Kranenburg
Leading the Larger Church in Canada: ON, MB, AB, BC (3 groups) - 2005
Focus: sharing of learnings and resources related to the larger Canadian CRCs
Coordinator: Jim Dekker
Leading the Larger CRC in Western Canada: BC, AB, MB - 2007
Focus: effective spiritual leadership in large CRCs
Coordinator: Tom Bomhof
Learning to Develop a Multi-Ethnic Congregation: ON - 2008
Focus: how to be multi-ethnic churches
Coordinator: Erick Schuringa
Los Visionarios Del Rio: CA - 2009
Focus: growing in ministry by breaking ethnic barriers
Coordinator: Will Verhoef
Manitoba Pastors' Peer Learning Group: MB - 2004 & 2005
Focus: transformational change for positive church leadership (2004)
Focus: effective ministry and spiritual disciplines (2005)
Coordinator: Evert Busink
Metro NYC Church Planter Incubator: NJ, NY - 2007
Focus: growing in character, ministry, and skill formation
Coordinator: John Algera
Miami Hispanic Task Force Members: FL - 2003
Focus: bringing Jesus to the Hispanic community
Coordinator: Vern Vander Zee
Mid-West Korean Pastors Ministry Association: MI, IL, NJ, IA, OH - 2007
Focus: developing healthy leadership for healthy congregations
Coordinator: Moon B. Kim
Mid-West Regional Pastors: IA, MN - 2007
Focus: foster better connections between classes
Coordinator: Dave Heilman
Mulford Ministers: MI, IA, OR - 2005
Focus: sharing of ministry ideas to further develop ministry gifts
Coordinator: Naji Umran
Nailing Down Jello: MI - 2006
Focus: the emerging church
Coordinator: Tim Kuperus
Near the Mississippi River Peer Group: MO, IA, IL, WI - 2003
Focus: fruitful ministries with pastors who continue to grow in effectiveness
Coordinator: Gil Kamps
New England Green Space: MA, ME NH - 2007
Focus: looking for green spaces in pastors' lives
Coordinator: Bruce Dykstra
New Peaks Leadership Network: BC - 2004
Focus: BC interior pastors sharing, praying, encouraging, and equipping for effective ministry
Coordinator: Henry Devries
Next Step Challenge: MN, ON, IL, WA, IN, MI - 2004
Focus: effective leadership and ministry in the church
Coordinator: Jul Medenblik
Northern BC Pastoral Excellence Group: BC - 2005 & 2006
Focus: holistic growth by developing relationships, giving and receiving care, and studying preaching texts and common ministry challenges (2005)
Focus: holistic growth (2006)
Coordinator: Joel Ringma
North Jersey Leadership Group: NJ - 2003 & 2004
Focus: equipping pastors in organizational leadership
Coordinator: Andy Sytsma
Nurturing Committed Individuals: FL, GA, NC - 2003 & 2004
Focus: developing leadership skills as missionary pastors (2003)
Focus: creating an environment of support and accountability while facing the challenges of ministry (2004)
Coordinator: Stan Workman
Nurturing Communities of Spiritual Conversation: MI - 2003
Focus: nurturing authentic spiritual conversations within and through the Christian community
Coordinator: John Aukema
NWI Bible Study-Preaching Group: IA - 2006
Focus: studying God's word for life application and sermon development
Coordinator: David Heilman
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
Ohio Pastors Exploring Ministry: OH, MI - 2006 & 2007
Focus: developing Missional focus for individual ministry settings (2006)
Focus: book discussions, mutual sharing, prayer, and support (2007)
Coordinator: Bill Lewis
Ohio Pastors Exploring Ministry-Setting-Specific Missions: OH, KY - 2005
Focus: explore general issues of ministry-setting-specific missions
Coordinator: Bill Lewis
Pan African Clergy in Urban Reformed Ministries: MI - 2004
Focus: how ethnicity and culture intersects with theological pursuits
Coordinators: Denise Posie and Rik Stevenson
Pastoral Study and Share Group: CA - 2006
Focus: learning, fellowship and accountability
Coordinator: Paul Im
Pastors Assuring Study Society: NV - 2007
Focus: pastors experiencing learning, fellowship, and accountability
Coordinator: Dae Woo Park
Pastors' Network: NE, IA - 2009
Focus: developing leadership
Coordinator: Jeff Heerspink
Pastors of Large Rural Churches: MN, IA, SD - 2006, 2007 & 2008
Focus: enhancing ministry in areas of population decline
Coordinator: Jack Gray
Preaching-Peer Mentoring: BC - 2006
Focus: sharpening preaching skills
Coordinator: Peter Stellingwerff
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
Puget Sound Peer Preaching Group: WA - 2003
Focus: growing in the knowledge and skill of preaching
Coordinator: Rob Jansons
Quad Classis Peer Learning Group: IL, WI, MO, IA, IN - 2006
Focus: worship and strategic planning
Coordinator: Wendell Davelaar
Funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Renewing the Church for Mission Effectiveness: ON (4 groups) - 2003
Focus: greater leadership and missional effectiveness
Coordinators: Tom Baird, Derek Miedema, George Rowaan and David Weemhoff
Revelation 5: MI - 2003
Focus: multi-cultural congregations in multi-cultural neighborhoods
Coordinator: Bill Vanden Bosch
Revelation 7: CA - 2004 & 2006
Focus: to learn about the CRC in order to participate in it and to bond together in the Lord as pastors of their local region (2004)
Coordinator: Matt Ford
Focus: the multi-ethnic nature of God's emerging family (2006)
Coordinator: Diony Aguhob
San Jose Reformed Challengers in Korean Community: CA - 2006
Focus: leadership skills
Coordinator: Kyungryul Lee
SEAPI East: MI, BC, NJ, ON, CA, WI, MN, IL - 2007
Focus: growing in pastoral excellence
Coordinator: Socheth Na
SEAPI West: CA, MI, CO - 2007
Focus: growing in pastoral excellence
Coordinator: Fernando del Rosario
Seattle Chung-Sol-Mo: WA - 2009
Focus: inductive Bible study and sermon preparation
Coordinator: Bomsu Kim
Second Chance: IN, MI, CA - 2004
Focus: spiritual wholeness in the midst of busy ministry
Coordinator: Roger Visker
Senior Pastors' Peer Learning Group: CA, MI, IL, BC, AB, CO, ON - 2004 & 2005
Focus: nurturing health and longevity in demanding senior pastorates (2004)
Focus: leadership in the large CRC church (2005)
Coordinator: Wayne Brouwer
Sioux Falls Pastors Spiritual Formation: SD - 2003
Focus: personal spiritual formation
Coordinator: Charles DeRidder
16 Lead-Changes This Half: MI - 2004
Focus: the development of a Biblical and Reformed understanding of pastoral leadership that will serve the church effectively in the 21st century context
Coordinator: Tim Kuperus
Soggy-Bottom Boys: AB, SK - 2005, 2006 & 2008
Focus: encouragement while ministering in denominationally isolated contexts (2005 & 2006)
Focus: exploring the theology of R.C. Sproul (2008)
Coordinator: Richard Bodini
Sojourners: CA, NV, TX - 2008
Focus: developing spiritual pathways
Coordinator: Sung Chang Choi
Soul Tenders: MI - 2009
Focus: learning and practicing spiritual disciplines
Coordinator: David Kromminga
South Grand Rapids Preaching Group: MI - 2003
Focus: in-depth study of scripture to enrich preaching
Coordinator: Dan Gritter
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
Southern Tier Classis Hackensack: VA, MD, NC, DC - 2007
Focus: developing spiritual disciplines
Coordinator: Paul Van Dyken
Southwest Discovery: AZ, TX - 2008
Focus: discerning God's leading for the pastors and their churches through prayer
Coordinator: Derek Van Dalen
Speaking with an Accent: FL - 2008
Focus: effectively communicating the gospel with a Reformed Accent
Coordinator: Scott Vander Ploeg
Spiritual Direction and The Soul Care of Pastors: AB - 2005
Focus: engage in Spiritual Direction
Coordinator: Henry Steenbergen
Supporters of Competent Correctional Ministries: MI - 2007
Focus: increasing pastoral effectiveness with offenders, victims, and their families
Coordinator: Richard Rienstra
Sustaining Pastoral Sanity: MI - 2007
Focus: develop and maintain healthy lifestyles, patterns and disciplines
Coordinator: Tony Meyer
The A Team: ON - 2008
Focus: being healthy pastors who can build healthy teams
Coordinator: Darrell Bierman
The Called: AB - 2006
Focus: effective leadership
Coordinator: Karen Wilk
The Cultural Exegetes: AB, BC - 2004
Focus: to deepen the awareness of God's common and saving graces in the post-modern culture and to expand homiletical capacity to proclaim these graces on terms set by the culture
Coordinator: John Van Sloten
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
The Exiles: WA, CA - 2008
Focus: exploring pastoral excellence in families ministering in post-modern, post-Christendom contexts
Coordinator: Ben Katt
The Florida Group: FL - 2006 & 2007
Focus: ministry in an individualistic and consumeristic culture (2006)
Coordinator: Stan Workman
Focus: effectively communicating the gospel to a diverse culture (2007)
Coordinator: Scott Vander Ploeg
The Lunch Bunch: ON - 2004 & 2005
Focus: growing together in character and spiritual formation (2004)
Focus: deepening relationships and growing in character and spiritual formation (2005)
Coordinator: Harold Winter
The Non-Lone Rangers: TX - 2006 & 2007
Focus: healthy churches in Texan culture (2006)
Focus: being missional leaders in a changing world (2007)
Coordinator: Roger De Young
The Preaching Group: ON - 2003
Focus: growing in the skills of excellent preaching
Coordinator: Jack De Vries
The Sacramento Cluster: CA - 2005 & 2008
Focus: pastors flourishing in their call to church planting in a post-Christian environment (2005 & 2008)
Coordinator: Kevin Adams
The Sermon Hub: MI - 2003
Focus: moving from text and theological reflection to sermon material
Coordinator: Chris Lanham
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
The Technology in Ministry Group: MI - 2005
Focus: effective use of Libronix Software for Biblical study and sermon preparation
Coordinator: Bill Sytsma
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
Toward Developing a Hispanic Pastoral Theology: PA, NJ - 2004
Focus: interpreting and applying God's Word to the Hispanic context
Coordinator: Hernan Zapata
Transforming Community Members: MI - 2006 & 2007
Focus: personal spiritual formation (2006)
Focus: principles and practices of personal spiritual transformation (2007)
Coordinator: Jon De Bruyn
Transitioning Churches: IL, IN - 2009
Focus: leading the church into the future
Coordinator: Merle Den Bleyker
Upper Midwest Peer Learning Group: IA, MO, IL - 2007
Focus: transitioning inwardly focused congregations to outwardly focused congregations
Coordinator: Wendell Davelaar
Urban Mission in the CRC: NJ, IL, OH, IN, ON - 2003 & 2005
Focus: the ministry of the urban church (2003)
Focus: explore cutting edge urban ministry models (2005)
Coordinator: John Algera
West Coast Peer Learning Group: BC - 2003
Focus: the challenges of the future in worship and outreach
Coordinator: Tom Bomhof
Funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Word Sculptors: CA - 2009
Focus: preaching in postmodern days
Coordinator: Chul Gui Yi
Funded by the Center for Excellence in Preaching
