My father was both a pastor and a furniture maker. He found his calling in the church and his hobby in the workshop.
Our Shared Ministry
Our Shared Ministry is a place to hear, discuss, and celebrate the ministry that we, as the Christian Reformed Church, are involved in across North America and around the world.
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James and Otis Pewee have an extraordinary tale to tell. What’s even more remarkable is that they’re alive to tell it.
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When field leader Albert Strydhorst in Nigeria picked “Crossing Borders” as the name for Christian Reformed World Missions&rs
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Saturday mornings in Brazil are much like Saturday mornings in North America.
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It’s not too late to plan a Christmas program!
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Calvin College has been named one of the best places to work in academia by The Scientist, a magazine for the life sciences now in its 21
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It’s a sad fact but true: people with disabilities are often excluded from many aspects of the life and ministry of a congregation.
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Will the Christian Reformed Church of 2057 be anything like the denomination of 1957?
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What can a group of pastors and lay people from Grand Rapids, Mich., teach the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee about fighting r
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Every summer, high school students from across North America join in a common quest: to discover whether Christian ministry might be thei
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The “nail boys” are at it again.
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When God has a work to do among his people, he sets them praying.
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Last year more than 1.3 million people responded to the broadcast ministry of The Back to God Hour by visiting one of the ministry websit
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“We hide for 15 minutes each day so we can listen to your broadcast,” e-mailed a listener from the central African nation of
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Christmas is a time of very mixed emotions for me. As a father and grandfather, I enjoy the warmth of family.
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It is a rare person who can focus on details without losing sight of the big picture.
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English is a first language to more than 375 million people worldwide, and an additional 375 million people use it as a second language.
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When Faith Alive Christian Resources rolled out its Questions Worth Asking catechism curriculum a few years back, churches cheered the st
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Just months after she become the first graduate of Calvin Theological Seminary’s new online M.A.
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A little girl lifted a pink plastic duck out of a tub of water as bystanders watched intently.
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In 2002, the people of Djiliki, Niger, were struggling.
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Often I find it's the little things in life that make a big difference.
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July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006
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The Foundation of the Christian Reformed Church and the CRC-Canada Foundation provide an avenue for gifts and bequests in support of the