Summary: A recent meeting of the COD included reviewing and sending back for edits a proposed update to the process for receiving exceptions to the Statement of Beliefs of the Christian Reformed Church. It ended with a unison, virtual reciting of the CRCNA’s mission statement
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Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals—and all three were deeply compromised on the issue of slavery.
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This podcast invites us to see the entertainment in between the pages of classic novels.
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All of us have discussed sermons—at Grandma’s house, in church meetings, or in conversation with family or friends.
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For 1,700 years, the Nicene Creed has been believed and memorized and confessed by Christians as a standard of their faith.
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Eighty years ago, as a little boy, I experienced the sadness and the sin of a church split.
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Roger Evans, outreach director at New Hope Fellowship in Monroe, Wash., helps people in his city experiencing homelessness find stability, resources, and hope.
All We Were Promised
By Ashton LattimoreREAD MOREA housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia.
Lockerbie: The Search for Truth
Otto Bathurst & Jim LouchREAD MOREA new streaming series explores how a father grieved Pan Am Flight 103, the flight of grief, now more poignant in light of recent plane crashes.
A Healing Touch
By Suzanne Woods FisherREAD MOREWhen a baby is left on her doorstep, formerly Amish doctor Ruth Stoltzfus must confront the state of her marriage and a life out of balance.
Your Labor Is Not in Vain
The Sanctuary as Conversation Between Work and WorshipREAD MORECalvin professor Cory Willson’s book Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy has been influential for churches seeking to integrate the daily work of believers into Sunday worship.
Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved
By Jasmine L. HolmesREAD MOREExperience the struggles, sorrows, triumphs, and hopes of real people who survived one of the darkest periods of American history.
Matin 3: Turn
By Jess RayREAD MOREA meditative album recorded between first light and dawn.
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We all want God’s help, but something deeper in our hearts must happen to us to be able to want God’s hold.
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These were the 10 most-accessed articles on thebanner.org between January and December 2024
Between Two Brothers
By Crystal AllenREAD MOREInspired by real events, Between Two Brothers is a powerful and uplifting story about forgiveness, brotherhood, and the power of a family’s unconditional love.
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A breathtaking look at a disappearing way of life among the haenyeo sea divers of Jeju Island, South Korea.
Harvest of Hope
By Amanda H. Midkiff. Illustrated by Christopher FowlerREAD MOREIn her sequel to her middle school novel, Where the Crops Never Fail, author Amanda Midkiff returns 10 years later to the idyllic Riverside Farm in Virginia.
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Cross Town Impact has offered free after-school programming to Brockville, Ont.-area schools for 15 years. When one location rescinded its invitation, a local church stepped up.
In Memoriam: Rev. Paul O. Sausser
1959-2025READ MOREA humble man who modeled Christ’s compassionate servant’s heart, Pastor Paul Sausser died Jan. 8 after five years of living with cancer. He was 65.
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Being hosted outside North America for the first time, the annual Kuyper Conference will honor evangelist Stephen Tong as the 2025 recipient of the Kuyper Prize.
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How should all these amazing discoveries be interpreted? How did the universe get this way? And why is there something rather than nothing
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Jamie McIntosh, appointed as World Renew’s executive director-Canada in 2023, is no longer working for the agency. The Canadian board announced chief marketing and philanthropy officer Mike White will act in the role for now.
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In one district where World Renew is at work, a people group believes that if twins are born and raised in the village, illness and death will come.