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Who We Are

Plainfield Christian Reformed Church was established in September of 2022, as a sister campus of Orland Park Christian Reformed Church and is a part of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. The CRCNA is a denomination which traces its history back through the Reformation to the New Testament Church. While the building has been here since 2003, PCRC inherited the space from the previous church after it formally closed its doors in 2022. We are thankful that many from the previous congregation are still attending, and joined now by an equal body of new members! Together, PCRC and OPCRC are committed to being relentlessly Christ-centered in all we do and believe that trusting in Jesus Christ is the most important thing in life and in death.

Our Mission

The gospel of Jesus Christ compels us to worship, serve, and learn about God, and, by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, to take that gospel to our community and the world.

Our Vision

We desire to lead people to know Jesus Christ as Friend, Savior, Lord, and God.

What We’re All About

  1. 1. Christ-Centered Worship
    We believe God grows His people through ordinary but powerful means: the preaching of the Word and the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. While seemingly simple, according to Scripture, these are the primary ways God strengthens our faith and where Christ promises to be found.
    2. Biblical Liturgy
    Humans are formed and shaped by their habits – and our faith is no different. Worship at Plainfield CRC follows a thoughtful, gospel-shaped pattern that helps us remember who God is and who we are in His story. Each week, we move through a rhythm that reflects the drama of redemption: God calls us, cleanses us, consecrates us, communes with us, and then commissions us back into the world. We rehearse this story every week.
    3. Valuing Christian History
    We joyfully embrace our Reformed heritage, not as a set of dusty doctrines, but as living truths that guide and shape our life together. Our creeds and confessions help us faithfully proclaim Christ, grow in unity and maturity as His Church, and consider our faith in view of the Church in history.
    4. Feasting & Hospitality
    God made us embodied creatures who eat, drink, and celebrate. At Plainfield CRC, we aim to reflect God’s goodness by enjoying His creation together—gathering regularly for meals, welcoming others into our lives, and seeing hospitality as a vital part of discipleship.
  2. Evangelism & Discipleship
    We pursue a culture where worship shapes evangelism and discipleship. As we delight in Christ together, that joy naturally overflows into praise, witness, and growth and all that we do is our response of gratitude and thanksgiving.

What it Means to be Reformed

The word Reformed describes a particular stream within the historic Christian faith. The Christian Reformed Church traces its theological heritage to the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, when reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others sought to bring the Church back under the authority of Scripture and the centrality of the gospel. Their desire was not to create a new faith, but to reform the Church according to the Word of God.

As the Reformation spread, it became necessary to clearly express what the Reformers believed the Bible taught. This gave rise to a number of confessions that carefully summarized biblical doctrine and distinguished the teachings of the Reformation. As a Reformed church, we gladly affirm the three historic ecumenical creeds—the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed—as well as the Three Forms of Unity: the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort. While these documents are not equal to Scripture, we believe they faithfully summarize its teaching and provide a shared theological foundation for our life together.

Being Reformed is about more than belonging to a denomination; it is a way of understanding God’s work in the world. Reformed theology emphasizes God’s sovereignty over all things, salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, God’s covenant faithfulness to His people, and the call to glorify Him in every area of life.

Perhaps the simplest summary of the Reformed faith comes from the Heidelberg Catechism, which unfolds the Christian life in three movements: guilt, grace, and gratitude. We recognize our guilt before a holy God, rejoice in the grace He has shown us through Jesus Christ, and seek to live lives of grateful obedience in response. In short, to be Reformed is to joyfully confess that we are sinners saved entirely by God’s grace and therefore seek to glorify God in every area of life.