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Understanding the books of Kings and Chronicles may help us navigate today’s challenging political climate.

My daughter and her husband attend a church that offers only Sunday school and not children’s worship. Our congregation has had both for years. What are my grandchildren missing? 

I just read the article “Actually, It Is a Toy,” Jan. 2019). Your picture and emotional attachment to treasures as a metaphor is so good, right on. God help us to keep transforming the Christian Reformed Church for what Jesus needs and wants to get done in our generation.

Having adopted a new mission statement and chosen the tagline “Christ, Community, Compassion” to accompany its logo, the Canadian Council of Churches begins its 75th year asking members “What’s the place of Christianity in Canada today?”

A bag of take-home object lessons or a passport to mark their spiritual journey helps families at Community Christian Reformed Church connect faith formation to the church calendar.

Hope Community Church in Flagstaff, Ariz., home to four different ministering communities, has been making space for the Flagstaff Community Shelter each winter, taking a turn with other churches to host shelter staff and 20 people who need a warm place to sleep.

A sensitive portrayal of an 11-year-old girl who desperately loves her family yet wants to fit into the predominant American culture

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda invites viewers into the lives of this “family” of shoplifters.

The church in Cambodia is young, and so are its leaders. That’s why Resonate missionaries Gil and Joyce Suh come alongside young, first-generation Christian leaders like Narith* to disciple, train, and mentor them—like a Barnabas to many young Pauls.

The autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, was chosen for its challenging historical and firsthand account of slavery, racism, and injustice in the 19th-century society that openly condoned slavery

Banner reader George Kroeze submitted his review of this book about the science of determining the age of the Earth.

Dave Pittman offers a soulful, upbeat sound on his sophomore release, Different Kind of Love.

Jolie was born missing part of her brain and is unable to walk or feed herself or do many things most of us take for granted. My son, Justin, is her godparent and care provider. 

How do I handle those awkward checkout requests?

Actualmente hay en exhibición en el Museo de la Biblia en Washington, D.C., una Biblia rara de los años 1800 que fue usada por misioneros británicos para convertir y educar a los esclavos.

Kenosis Community groups formed in Canada through the help of the Race Relations office of the Christian Reformed Church help members study how culture shapes their life in fellowship.

Roma is an intimate look at daily life and the often unnoticed people who make it happen.

This month PBS stations will be airing the documentary Backs against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story, which tells the story of Thurman, the American theologian who deeply influenced the black church and Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

Great picture books will help acquaint the children you love with heroes of black history.

Classis Georgetown, a regional group of Christian Reformed congregations near Grand Rapids, Mich., debuted REV Talks last fall. Patterned after the worldwide phenomenon TED talks, the speaker series aimed to tap in to pastors’ treasure trove of experience.

In Whitby, Ont., Hebron Christian Reformed Church’s ministry to the city’s large Mandarin-speaking population has grown into a one-congregation, two-language model.

하나님은 어떻게 교회와 노회, 그리고 한 교단인 우리를 사용하셔서 제자도를 세우실까요?