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Joya Vandermeulen

When I was sixteen, I knew who I was. I had been baptized as an infant into the Christian Reformed Church, a sign of God saying “you are mine,” to which I responded with “I am yours” in my profession of faith 16 years later. I had run around the…

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Steph Busuttil

My name is Steph. I was raised in the CRC. I am queer, non-binary and I believe in God. These are just parts of what make me wholly and authentically who I am. This is my story.  I was a couple months old when my parents adorned me in a…

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Terra Hampton

My faith journey has been complicated. As a child I was required to attend a Methodist church, and I did not enjoy going. I fought it even more after I experienced sexual abuse starting in the sixth grade. I became angry with God about why He would let this happen…

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Robin Hampton

I attended Sunshine CRC in Grand Rapids from the age of four until I was nineteen. My parents were heavily involved in different ministries, so naturally my sister and I were as well. As a middle schooler and young adult, I spent almost all of my free time at church:…

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Sandi Morrison

I was not familiar with the Christian Reformed Church until middle school when I moved to Gallup, New Mexico. Before that, our family had been with a non-denominational mission organization in Ethiopia and other countries in Africa, and I had attended non-denominational churches. When we landed in Gallup, I started…

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Brian Zonder

Brian Zonder is a pseudonym Born and bred in the Christian Reformed Church, Brian ticks all the boxes: baptised as an infant, participated in weekly worship, educated in Christian day schools, joined cadets as a boy, attended youth group as a teen, professed his faith as a young adult, and…

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Abigail Potsdam

Abigail Potsdam is a pseudonym. I was born and bred in the Christian Reformed Church. My family was deeply connected to the CRC, in the USA and in Canada. The way I see it now, looking back, is that our family has always been kind of like a family of…

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Matthew Deroo

*A pseudonym. Matthew wants his story shared publicly but attaching his name would negatively affect family members in the CRC.  My story begins like so many others: a childhood being raised in a Christian family and attending the nearby Christian Reformed Church every week. My world seemed to revolve around…

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Reuben VanDam

*Reuben is a pseudonym.  My name is Reuben. I am in my late 20s. I live and work in a small city a few hours away from the farm where I grew up. I attended university and graduated with a good job in a professional field. I am an uncle,…

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Laura Eldon

*Laura is a pseudonym. Laura is proud of who she is, but she does not want to be disrespectful to those people in her story who could be seen in a negative light. I grew up attending a Christian Reformed Church in British Columbia, and I went to Christian schools…

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These are stories gathered from individuals connected with the Christian Reformed Church who want to be seen and heard. In most cases, they requested to be identified.

In those instances where revealing their identity could cause harm to the individuals or to their relationships with others, their stories are included with pseudonyms and are identified as such.