With dinner, worship services, and visits from past clergy, Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa, celebrated its 100th anniversary Oct. 2-3.
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In a recent visit to the U.S., the president of the CRC in Cuba shared with North American supporters how the church has been able to not just survive, but grow in challenging circumstances.
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After a long delay, the Reformed Church in America’s General Synod meets this week. Charting a way through its gridlock over LGBTQ affirmation is on the agenda.
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After 40 years of lapsed church attendance, Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn found the church he ‘was waiting for’ and even a place in the worship band.
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Across the United States, congregations like Immanuel Presbyterian Church are finding practical ways to partner with refugee resettlement agencies as they assist Afghan evacuees about to settle into new homes.
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The Canada Corporation of the Christian Reformed Church in North America approved a new senior leader for Indigenous Justice and Reconciliation and appointed a new national committee for anti-racism and intercultural conciliation.
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A letter from seven different Christian groups, including the Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Race Relations, supports the formation of a federal commission on historic Indian boarding school policy.
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Governments in more than 80% of the represented countries harassed religious groups in some way, though use of force was less common, a new Pew study found.
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The Kingdom Network, a collective of churches focused on multiplying disciples, training leaders, and planting churches, launched Sept. 9, 2021.
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Two firefighters, two police officers, and a photojournalist from their congregation worked at the recovery site of the Surfside condo collapse. South Kendall Community Church in Miami, Fla., wanted to recognize the impact of their work.
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Faced with declining revenues and empty buildings, some churches have looked for ways to make a virtue of unused space.
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John Aupperlee, pastor and chaplain, was most shaped by his identity as a child of God. He died Aug. 31.
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East Martin Christian Reformed Church in Martin, Mich., marked its 100th anniversary with a ringing bell, worship service, and pig roast.
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Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Brighton, Ont., welcomed its community to honor the deaths of loved ones in a shared experience of releasing monarch butterflies on their southern migration.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, missions that minister to seafaring workers are helping this population—only 22% of whom are vaccinated against the virus—get access to vaccination clinics and other supports.
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Ten months after their church building was burglarized, members of Crownpoint (N.M.) Christian Reformed Church are able to gather again for worship and have replaced the front doors.
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Entering the third school year to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, diverse responses of how to deal with the infectious disease are surfacing in Christian institutions.
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The popular hymn prompted a movement to revive congregational singing and launched the careers of songwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty.
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Pastor and professor, Paul Bremer, centered his life around God’s story of love and grace. He died Aug. 2.
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From a 24/7 cupboard in front of the church to biweekly food hampers, the congregation of Bethlehem Christian Reformed Church in Thunder Bay, Ont., is helping people in their neighborhood access food.
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The idea for an Indigenous Bible translation first came to Wildman nearly 20 years ago in the storeroom of the church he pastored on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.
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The new community fridge at Covenant Christian Reformed Church in St. Catharines, Ont., is a neighborhood connection point where congregation members are having more conversations with neighbors than they’ve ever had.
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Maranatha Christian Reformed Church in Lethbridge, Alta., wanted a physically distanced way to let its neighbors know its members care—so they pack up to-go craft kits and hand out about 50 each week.
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Aetna Christian Reformed Church in Falmouth, Mich., marked 100 years of ministry Aug. 14 and 15, 2021.