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When Evan’s draft number is called up for the Vietnam War, his Amish family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their belief in non-resistance.

Help your little boy understand that he has immeasurable worth, not because of anything he does, but because he is made in the image of God.

“We were surprised by the feedback, in part because of our personal experiences with ineffective breakout rooms in the past.”

Leaders of Toronto, Ont.-based The Meeting House call conduct of former pastor Bruxy Cavey sexual abuse, apologize for ‘not using more defined language’ earlier.

A new climate-focused worship album created by the Porter's Gate Worship Project, in partnership with several Christian nonprofits, is meant to form the hearts and minds of Christians around the world.

A book teaches us to risk love for our neighbors, strangers and enemies.

We know that it’s wrong to physically harm people. But is it ever right to hurt people’s feelings for the sake of God’s truth? For instance, Jesus called the Pharisees a “brood of vipers.”

Our visits continued, and we were enfolded deeper into the lives of this couple.

We need to take these texts seriously as a way of taking the questioner seriously.

A group of pastors, scholars, and church leaders from the Christian Reformed Church in North America offering “a biblical rebuttal to cultural ideas” hosted the Convention of Confessional Christian Reformed Churches Aug. 2-3. It had 120 attendees from 22 regional groups of CRCs.

Dream Cuisines, a newcomer women's food business program in Vancouver, B.C., was born out of a food and story sharing project by Trixie Ling. It’s on its second cohort.

Legal action or the threat of it represents a new strategy on behalf of churches that want to join the new Global Methodist Church, a new denomination launched largely over differing beliefs regarding the ordination and marriage of LGBTQ members.

This belt was one way the early Iroquois people of eastern Canada preserved their way of governing and maintaining their laws.

A lavishly illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair—from the fertile imagination behind Wicked.

Clark Thompson falls in love with coworker Amily Luck at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God, filling his world with roller skating, a lake of fire, and an impending apocalypse.

Trailblazer. Residential school Survivor. First Treaty Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true—but none of them tell the whole story.

Reframe’s language ministries offer short videos to reconnect with faith.

Former American Idol contestant and former back-up singer for pop star Katy Perry, delivers faith-fueled hope and encouragement with her debut record.

Holly Oxhandler shows caregivers and fellow helpers a more self-compassionate way to cope with their overwhelming responsibilities and to attend to their own needs.

At just about every church leadership event, the first question attendees ask of one another is “How big is your church?”

It was almost magical how it filled up again and again, week after week.

In 1956, Ernie Benally was a rarity on the Dordt College campus: a full-blooded Navajo in a world of fair-haired Dutch-American students—and Calvinists at that.

Patient, humble, kind, and a gracious listener, John Van Ryn was a peacemaker who was able to stay calm in difficult situations. He died July 1 at age 90.