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A South African church that was suspended from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982 because of its support for apartheid is &l
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The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) marked its first five years with a synodical meeting and the election of a new moderator,
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Church Nursery Safe Practices
Consider including the following in your written policies:
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- Write and enforce a policy regarding the care of children, indicating who may serve as volunteers.
- Assign additional volunte
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A child abduction at a Kentwood, Mich., church highlights the need for churches to have comprehensive child-safety policies and procedu
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Issues surrounding ordination and even membership of gay persons in churches continue to dominate the agenda of many denominations.
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A consortium of Hurricane Katrina relief groups say they are approaching the $25 million mark in money, muscle, and material donated to a
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Peace and safety was on the minds of many people in Whitby, Ontario, when Hebron Christian Reformed Church hosted a community prayer serv
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In June, teens from the Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines (CRCP) held a candlelight vigil as part of a weekend workshop to hel
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Teens and adults from six Christian Reformed churches in the Chicago area recently got “down and dirty” in Gary, Ind.
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Rev.
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The Community Diaconal Network of Northern New Jersey, a partnership of six Christian Reformed churches, sponsored a free immigration for
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March 7, 1925 – June 6, 2009
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Every Wednesday night in July the parking lot of Hammond (Ind.) Christian Reformed Church jumped with activity.
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The gospel is spreading on horseback across the Navajo Nation’s high desert in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Chris Pullenayegem has been appointed as the first director of the Christian Reformed Church’s new Leadership Exchange.
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While cycling on the Christian Reformed Church’s Sea to Sea 2008 bike tour, Jim Beezhold was inspired by two urban ministries he vi
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Dustin Attema, Josh Feikema, and Ben Attema have earned the top honor of the Calvinist Cadet Corps—the Servant Leader Award.
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Cadets from two Illinois Christian Reformed churches hauled away trucks full of garbage during their annual cleanup of the Wolfe Wildlife
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A night spent sleeping on the street in a cardboard box helped sensitize 15 students to the issues of hunger and homelessness.
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A survey of neighborhood needs prompted a Miami Lakes, Fla., congregation to start a domestic-violence support group.