Some seminarians at Calvin Theological Seminary breathed a sigh of relief when a 12-percent reduction in their course load was announced
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In March 2006 Laurel Wallinga, 24, a registered nurse at Zeeland (Mich.) Hospital, began to pray for an opportunity to serve in the medic
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There was a coronation at the GEMS Counselor’s Leadership Conference, but it wasn’t for a beauty pageant.
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Jeff Kruithof took the reins as executive director of Youth Unlimited this August when Rachael Cooley, director for the past three years,
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Launched to share God’s love with people who have cognitive impairments, Friendship Ministries is celebrating 25 years.
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For Devon Scott, 16, leading kids at a summer sports camp is a “cool opportunity,” especially when he gets to tell the camper
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Face painting, cotton candy, balloons, and The Back to God Hour?
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The 25 Asian congregations in the Christian Reformed Church have tended to be scattered and isolated, but that has changed.
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This summer Calvin Theological Seminary’s Facing Your Future program reached a milestone.
In Memoriam
Rev. Dante A. VenegasREAD MORE
Rev. Dante A. Venegas
October 5, 1933 – April 13, 2007
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Rev. Edward A.
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Rev. Dick C. Bouma
September 9, 1927 – March 26, 2007
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No church seems safe from the debate concerning the matters of family, marriage, and sexuality.
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In an open letter to the Middle East Reformed Fellowship, Yousif Al-Saka, general secretary of Presbyterian Churches in Iraq, appealed fo
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Bayonne (N.J.) High School valedictorian Jeremy Jerschina said that to speak from the heart as he addressed his graduating class, he had
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Just seven minutes each—that was the time allotted to three ministers at the South Florida celebration of the Christian Reformed Ch
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The 100th anniversary celebration of First Christian Reformed Church in Denver is an all-year affair.
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On May 13 members of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church boarded a chartered bus bound for Smithers, B.C.
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On May 6, 600 people from Toronto-area Christian Reformed churches gathered to celebrate the CRC’s 150th anniversary.
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Twelve hundred worshipers from 11 congregations gathered at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, in June to celebrate the Christian Refor
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“Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” could have been the theme when close to 1,000 people came together in British Columbia&r
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Victor Muller never imagined that when he gave a devotional book to a military friend leaving for Qatar in 2004, it would blossom into a
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Driven by the call of Micah 6:8, 400 deacons, champions, and supporters of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee gathered in May
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A sermon series on the gospel of John inspired the creativity of many members of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church.