We are part of a denomination known as the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Each of these words tells something about who we are:

We call ourselves Christian because we are followers of Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus was the Son of God, that he is the center of human history, and that he should be the center of our own lives.

We are called Reformed because we are part of a church that emerged from the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Europe.

We are a Church because we believe that God has called us together to be a people who worship and glorify Him in all that we do.

North America tells you where we are located but also tells you that we are connected to other Reformed denominations around the world.

We believe in the five great truths of the reformation

Scripture Alone

We believe that the Bible is the ultimate authority for faith and life, and is the inspired and infallible Word of God.

Christ Alone

We believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to God. Jesus fully paid the penalty for our sins with his perfect life and his death on the cross, and nothing we can do can add to the work of Christ for us.

Grace Alone

We believe that we can do nothing to make ourselves right with God. Only God deserves credit for our salvation. Through his mercy and grace alone we are made right with God and restored to fellowship with him and with each other.

Faith Alone

We believe that by faith alone we receive the benefits and blessings of Christ's death. We must receive in trust all that he has accomplished for our salvation. Our good works do not earn us salvation; rather they are a grateful response to our salvation.

Glory to God Alone

We believe that we now live to bring glory to God. Both as individuals and as a church, we seek in all that we do to bring honor to the God who made us, redeemed us, and loves us with an everlasting love.

In addition to these five basic truths, our perspective is shaped by three confessions that find their roots in the Reformation.

The Heidelberg Catechism

This document explains and discusses the Apostle's Creed, the sacraments, the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer.

The Canons of Dort

This is a defense of what is sometimes known as the "Five Points of Calvinism".

The Belgic Confession

This is a defense and explanation of the Reformed understanding of salvation.

Our History

 Prairie Edge began as an outreach chapel in 1937, meeting in a nearby schoolhouse. Our “mother church” was Grace CRC of Kalamazoo. In 1949 a new building was built for the chapel, and in 1959, our current church building was dedicated. As God has continued to bless our church, and as we’ve continued to carry out his mission, the church added an educational wing in 1989 and a gymnasium and family life center in 2006. In 2008, Prairie Edge celebrated 50 years of ministry, and we pray that God will enable us to continue to serve him for many years to come.

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