Synod 2007 made a historic decision that allows women who are elders and ministers to be delegated to synod starting next year.

Synod president Rev. Joel Boot appointed Rev. Karl House, Classis Quinte, as the sergeant at arms.

On Tuesday night, June 12, when synod debated removing the word male from the Church Order, a record 360 people tuned in to the live vide

The synod news team, providing news reports during synod and Banner coverage afterward: (back row, from left) Henry Hess, Gayla Postma, a

I have been to eleven synods now, not quite as many as Banner Editor Bob De Moor (see p. 53).

Rev. John A. Hoeksema

1921 – 2007

As synod agendas go, the 2007 version is a hefty one.

For the past five years a group of cyclists from Toronto’s Rehoboth Fellowship Christian Reformed Church has gathere

Melynda Van Zee brought Calvinist doctrine to life recently through her art.

Jim Eekhoff, the boys’ basketball coach at Western Christian High School, Hull, Iowa, didn’t expect his young team to take th

Brielle Goheen’s violin danced through a tune fit for angels.

Rev.

Instead of cathedral windows and cold stone floors, there were CD players and headphones.

Six murals depicting Christ’s sojourn on earth adorn

There was no tanning on a southern beach or sleeping in during spring break for 37 teens from Rochester (N.Y.) Christian Reformed Church.

Despite strong winds and rain, Rev.

Four congregations in the Sheboygan, Wis., area gathered April 8 at Sheboygan County Christian High School to celebrate the Christian Ref

Eight south-central Wisconsin churches participated in a joint service on April 22 at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, in Waupun, Wis.,

Rev. Bob Bierenga, sole pastor of Allen Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Muskegon, Mich., has been deployed to Iraq.

The Board of Trustees of the Christian Reformed Church has appointed Sandy Johnson to be Director of Denominational Ministries.

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Nick Kroeze Jr.

All Nations Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Blacksburg, Va., is located less than a mile from the campus of Virginia Tech Univers

For the Elmhurst (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church, a tailgate party is a fun approach to church fellowship.