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The Banner is pleased to present a writing contest, sponsored by Multiplication Network on the topic, “What Gives You Hope?” We’ll publish the top two winning articles in print and the top three online, plus award cash prizes of $1,000 USD (first prize), $500 USD (second prize), and $250 USD (third prize).
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Mission of Hope Africa has made connections with Christian Reformed congregations in Michigan to support planting congregations of the Christian Reformed Church of East Africa in Kenya.
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A pastor and servant-leader, Fred VanderBerg was kind, thoughtful and gentle with a unique sense of humor. He died May 3, at age 69.
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The best story that has ever happened to me is the one I almost never tell.
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This book introduces seminary students, ministry leaders, and others to key aspects, prevailing mentalities, and some major figures of postcolonial theologies.
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Based on true events, an attorney learns a lesson in empathy when he must determine how to compensate families who suffered losses as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Breathe is a child’s journey through Ascension and Pentecost.
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Convening by video conferencing, with some technical voting hiccups, the Christian Reformed Church’s general assembly started off with worship and prayer.
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Delegates to the Christian Reformed Church’s general assembly elected three ministers and one deacon delegate to be the officers serving Synod 2022.
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“Initial investigation results show that approximately 50% of federal Indian boarding schools may have received support or involvement from religious institutions.”
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Jesus shows us that the gospel is not only about spiritual transformation.
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Love & The Outcome release a faith-filled pop album on the one year anniversary of their home flooding.
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For the first time in English, the collected comments of Cyril of Alexandria (A.D. c.378-444) on four key New Testament epistles appear together in one volume.
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As Reformed Christians we know that everything is being redeemed by God—even the giant, sometimes dark and sinister hole we call the internet.
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Although orthodoxy and orthopraxy are both necessary, I think we have overemphasized them at the expense of orthocardia.
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The gold edge of his white robe brushed the ground as he slowly lit each candle.
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God can do more with this than we can see.
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Compassionate and caring, with an insatiable love for learning, pastor and chaplain Jim Molenbeek died April 20. He was 73.
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First Christian Reformed Church of Ripon, Calif., concluded a years-long process of disaffiliation from the denomination May 10. Regional groups of churches wishing to learn about the process have attended workshops on affiliation/disaffiliation.
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An advisory panel report to Canada’s Minister of National Defence recommends changes to chaplaincy in the Canadian Armed Forces. A Cardus review says those changes would be discriminatory.
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This picture book is based on the author's own immigration story from China, the infinite impact of friendship, and passing on love and kindness around the world.
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The hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family over four generations.
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A moving tribute to the little-known history behind the first Memorial Day, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-winner Floyd Cooper.