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When broken people come to churches, they are looking for people who have walked in their shoes. They are seeking a community that becomes a safe place.

Paul Brink, a gentle soul who loved the church and loved God’s word, died on Sept. 17 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

Replacing outgoing president Leith Anderson, scholar and pastor Walter Kim will become president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an organization of which the Christian Reformed Church is a member.

An indie release from across the ocean deserves our attention. 

How hospitality is at the root of Christian community.

In this empowering novel for middle schoolers, a girl from Indonesia dreams of rising from poverty.

Encounter Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in Kentwood, Mich., developed a young adult-directed discipleship class around themes of expectation, calling, and more.

From mob violence to anti-conversion laws to clampdowns on churches, the effects of rising Hindu nationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi have left India’s estimated 28 million Christians fearing for their future.

As Protestant believers worked harder to distance themselves from Catholicism, I think they left behind some important ways of understanding God.

At its meeting in October, the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates approved a plan to renovate the Grand Rapids, Mich., office building, tearing down one portion and reconfiguring others. 

The Council of Delegates met in Grimsby, Ont., from Oct. 9-11, 2019. Acting on behalf of synod, the annual leadership meeting of the Christian Reformed Church, between the meetings of synod, it took action on several issues.

It was during mail call, and Dorothy wasn’t expecting anything. Surprised but grateful, she scanned the piece of mail addressed to her.

A quartet of country music solo stars perform an empowering, vulnerable album.

In this Christian film by the Kendrick brothers, a basketball coach reluctantly coaches a cross-country runner.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional group of churches. Here is the report of classis meetings of the past few months.

Surely we are not left with just two stark options of hypermasculine men who behave badly or emasculated, effeminate men.

Faith questions are and should be asked as teens start to make faith their own.

Too many of TULIP’s terms are misleading and easily caricatured; they end up misrepresenting the Canons of Dort and giving a distorted impression of Reformed theology.

After a year’s hiatus, a British Columbia convention for Reformed youth met in September, bringing close to 200 young people together at Willoughby Christian Reformed Church.

Sensible Shoes author offers a beautiful story of mental illness and faith.

A podcast featuring girlfriends talking about the big and little things in life.

Based on the author’s life, a 10-year-old girl is faced with losing her sight in this juvenile novel.

Members of Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Brighton, Ont., co-hosted an all-candidates meeting with the city’s Chamber of Commerce.