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In an interview with The Banner, the vice president of synod Thea Leunk expressed concern and cautious optimism

Synod 2017, the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), meeting in Palos Heights, Ill.,

This year’s synod elected an executive with 17 years combined synod experience, but only one has experience as an officer.

The Connections Project team in Southern California has been helping a diverse group of local ministry leaders

Anne Lamott is back with another book with the soul-searching and transparent humor that readers have come to expect.

At the turn of the 20th century, the British targeted two Boer states in South Africa.

Original sin and grace. Two things I wasn’t expecting

Willie Nelson, the self-proclaimed “young bull rider” in his song “Old Timer,”

We often associate the Holy Spirit’s coming at Pentecost with the images in Acts 2: violent winds, tongues of fire, and people speaking in tongues.

Our family has quite the collection of Bible storybooks, gifts from loved ones who pray for our son’s faith formation.

For Rev. John Medendorp and Ashley Bootsma, a match made in heaven started at Synod 2016

A year after a wildfire that devastated parts of the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray,

Does God really want to dwell in us? If we know the answer is yes, do we truly believe this?

Schoolteacher, missionary pastor, church planter, chaplain, superb athlete, loving father, model caregiver.

Jelle Nutma lived the last 21 years of his life with limitations as the result of a debilitating stroke,

Aaron Abma is one of 10 students from across the United States selected for the Lilly Fellows Graduate Program.

Timing and choices are a big part of Katie Nixon’s story.

Uniting around black culture within the context of Reformed Christianity

Prior to serving as a pastor and chaplain for 65 years, Samuel Vander Jagt served his country with distinction during WW II.

Sometimes pastoring a congregation can feel isolating. 

Anthony Thiselton has spent a lifetime working at the crossroads of biblical studies,

Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, made a splash when it came out,

Jaci Velasquez appeared on the Christian music scene at age 16,