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Blessedness of Mourning

The Banner’s February cover story (“Blessed Are You Who Mourn”) suggests that in saying

Celindy would like to take her heritage to church.

“Ukrainians can! Koreans can! The Dutch can! Why not me?”

Eight-year-old Melody was lamenting the fact that once Christmas was over, the local church wouldn’t be bringing food to her house

Some stories don’t end. They just stop. I don’t like those. A sad ending’s fine.

The Hebrew prophets had a habit of causing a stir.

An increasing number of couples in Japan are asking Christian pastors to lead them through their marriage vows, says Lawrence Spalink, Ja

Jim Triezenberg’s vivid photos of life in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, show motorbikes buzzing down bumpy city streets, people preparing f

The Back to God Hour’s Spanish ministry team traveled to Cartagena, Colombia, to participate in the Latin American Congress of Chri

It seems like Christmas all year round at Calvin Theological Seminary, thanks to the generous gifts of many people and churches.

Oasis Community Church in Moreno Valley, Calif., is quite literally an oasis in the middle of a strip mall.

Family reunions are interesting events.

Christian Reformed Home Missions serves the churches, ministries, and members of the Christian Reformed Church through partnerships that

A wide range of Christian theologians and leaders called for increased efforts to work with Muslims for peace and justice, releasing a st

California megachurch pastor Rick Warren, speaking at a White House discussion on HIV/AIDS, said the church has been a latecomer to addre

Three years after the “great wave of destruction,” the local Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka is closing its committee

Health concerns among Native Americans are getting new attention at Rehoboth (N.M.) Christian School.

Bible translators in the Native American community of Zuni, N.M., are making the first movies in the Zuni language.

Madison Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Paterson, N.J., has committed itself to reaching out to people affected by HIV/AIDS.

Jeremy Sinnema, a member of Manhattan (Mont.) Christian Reformed Church, along with friends Michael Spencer and Travis Swanson, have turn

When Alison Nirula, age 6, and Charis Wildeboer, age 5, saw Embrace AIDS, a DVD about the impact of the disease, they were touched.

Twenty-five years after first sketching “The Cardinal” as a college student at Concordia College, Kurt Kolka continues reachi

Roselawn, Ind., has a thriving food pantry because five couples from Community Christian Reformed Church in Roselawn responded to a chall

When Burton Heights Christian Reformed Church disbanded in 2005, its pastor couldn’t leave the diverse urban neighborhood he had ch