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When the Shin Urayasu Reformed Church in the Tokyo area celebrated becoming a full-fledged congregation with its own elders and deacons,

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More than 200 small group leaders attended Korean Coffee Break International Ministries (www.coffeebreakkorea.org) in West Covina, Calif.

Spurred by the needs of new elders and deacons for training, First Christian Reformed Church of Waupun, Wis., held its second annual lead

After the church service, a little boy told the pastor, “When I grow up, I’m going to give you some money.”

I am a convert to the Belhar Confession.

Pastor George just retired after a long-term ministry at Bethel; he was dearly loved and will be sorely missed.

Saying “thank you” is polite, right?

Many Christian parents share a common joy: children who are walking with God.

The first piece of furniture I purchased after I bought my home was a large rectangular Shaker-style table of naturally finished pine wit

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Separation and Sin

The blaze of candles gives a warm, waxy taste to the lungful of air I just inhaled over the birthday cake on the table below me.

Never saw anything like it: two devout Muslims at the front of our church’s “sanctuary” facing Mecca and chanting their

Lynette Feenstra, kindergarten teacher at Hull (Iowa) Christian School and a member of First Christian Reformed Church of Hull, has a muc

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When the Shin Urayasu Reformed Church in the Tokyo area celebrated becoming a full-fledged congregation with its own elders and deacons,

Word has spread that Hope Christian Reformed Church in Grandville, Mich., is a great place for teens to spend Tuesday evenings.

“American culture,” writes Doris Lessing, “is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson’s work.&rd

Boot up your computer and tour The Network for stories, heartfelt insights, and information about nearly any conceivable aspect of church

After successfully planting a church in Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico, last summer, Ben and Amy Meyer got an inspiration

Big Fish Eat Little Fish is a disturbingly quirky 16th-century engraving by artist Peter Bruegel that shows exactly that—big fish e

Calvin Theological Seminary students, professors, and others visited sites in Turkey and Greece this year as part of the seminary’s