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Bringing together pastors, community workers, and those working to support immigrants to the U.S., Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, hosted a panel discussion Nov. 12.

With guest artists such as Dolly Parton, a 2018 Grammy winner sings about God’s rescue.

What do you do when the person you love is lost to you, but not actually dead? A story of ambiguous loss.

A case study of a Canadian megachurch—The Meeting House.

Babel is, after all, the key narrative to which we can trace the origins of our current predicament of globalization.

The Australian teen behind “Dance Monkey” releases debut EP

Starring, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, a movie about all the people whose lives revolve around the public library.

A picture book by ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis showcases rich diversity.

The true story of one pastor’s radical trust in the people of inner-city Atlanta.

A number of churches are exploring ways to build affordable housing on their own land—what pastors and other leaders are referring to as YIGBY, or “Yes in God’s Backyard.”

About 150 volunteers from 17 Christian Reformed congregations participated in funding and building a Habitat for Humanity home for a western Michigan family.

From profit-sharing farm enterprises to the recovery of non-marketable produce, organizations across the U.S. and Canada offer a Christian response to hunger.

Eating that soup—it was as if God was inviting me to be part of the family. 

I was not the man of God I had portrayed; instead, I was in need of restoration and healing grace.

If I only publish articles I fully agree with, then I would be guilty of turning The Banner into my own personal megaphone. 

I wonder if the faithfulness required of us, as we wait for our wedding feast to begin, is a kind of political chastity. 

Many of my students ask whether you can have a calling if you do not believe in God.

Bahati’s father kicked her and her 3-year-old daughter out of the house. He also told all the people who had employed her that she had become a Christian.

How investigative reporting uncovered Harvey Weinstein’s dark secrets.

A week before Veteran’s Day in the U.S., Hillside Community Church in Cutlerville, Mich., welcomed community members to a dinner honoring vets and an evening of learning about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Nothing I have read so far explicitly names the greatest obstacle Joanna Veenstra faced in her preparation for mission: the institutional opposition of the CRCNA.

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There’s a certain spirituality that adorned our council rooms in the past, and that’s what might be oozing away.