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I need to spend more time on Bible study. Is there a best way to do that?

Check out the numbers for this year’s agenda.

“Healing the city one person at a time” became a catchphrase for our church.

Whatever it is you want to do someday—whatever it is, go home and do it today.

In this beautifully illustrated mock-autobiography for middle-grade readers, Wind speaks directly to the reader, telling fascinating stories that show its cultural, historical, and technical importance to humans.

A documentary explores the beloved PBS television series for children.

4 Books to Read for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

A little more than a month before synod convenes in Ancaster, Ont., the Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church has finalized several things to include in its supplement to the agenda.

Cuts to Resonate Global Mission’s budget, in line with decreased revenue from ministry share giving, is prompting a deep look at the funding model for the vital function of church planting.

The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church in North America heard an interim report from its task force to tackle synod funding and governance cost.

Adopting a Statement of Appreciation for the Bi-Nationality of the CRCNA was one of the items on the agenda of the U.S. Ministry Board of the Christian Reformed Church as it met May 8.

Resonate, the Christian Reformed Church’s mission agency, uses Timothy Leadership Training to equip pastors and other Christian leaders with a Reformed worldview of mission.

These “healthy and sustained connections to the broader church” provide opportunities for fruitful ministry, advocacy, shared vision, and a unified voice within and outside North America.

Prog rocker and believer Neal Morse forms a new band, The Resonance, with players much younger than him, to fascinating effect.

This nonfiction spy novel goes beyond Corrie ten Boom’s memoir The Hiding Place to give a bigger picture of her impact on the Dutch resistance and the world.

How do these two things connect?

See our list of movies, books, and podcasts to check out this month.

It means a whole lot to us who are left behind if you take care of things beforehand.

It was so natural to spoon nourishment into the mouth of a toddler. It was so strange to spoon food into the mouth of a 90-year-old man.

The Banner is grateful for 2024 professional recognition: Awards of Merit from both the Evangelical Press Association and the Associated Church Press for TheBanner.org; an Award of Excellence in Convention/Meeting Coverage from the ACP; and nine other awards in various categories.

The CRC maintains a relationship of churches in communion with 23 denominations and of churches in cooperation with 21 denominations/partners.

A fictional reimagining of Rachel Carson’s life, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. For 8-12 year olds.

Set in a small coastal town in British Columbia, this semi-cozy procedural stars Rossif Sutherland as melancholy detective Karl Alberg.