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Recognition was not what Gordy VanHaitsma had in mind when he started the Read to Ride program in his Grand Rapids, Mich., neighborhood.

Vacation Bible school at The Tapestry Christian Reformed Church in Richmond, British Columbia, went green this year.

Bolstered by a back brace and leg braces, Mary Pensyl testified at a July outdoor worship service about her gratefulness to members of Mo

Twelve members from New Hope Christian Reformed Church in Bangor, Maine, helped to spruce up the Downeast Elementary School in town.

A women’s prison isn’t the most likely setting for a ladies’ tea, but that’s where the women of CrossPoint Christ

Despite it being gardening season, a group of West Coast gardeners chose to attend a conference rather than get out in their gardens.

Fifteen teens from Living Hope Community Christian Reformed Church in Fox Lake, Wis., spent a cold night sleeping in cardboard boxes and

Gateway Christian Reformed Church in Merced, Calif., is planting seeds by planting trees.

Would a church still be a church if there were no regular Sunday service?

Alger Community Christian Reformed Church in Bellingham, Wash., has a unique outreach through miniature trains and 900 feet of track.

New England Chapel, a Christian Reformed church in Franklin, Mass., uses empty bowls to help fight world hunger.

When a disaster of the magnitude of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti strikes, rebuilding just takes time.

Being a student at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) means a busy life full of classes and assignments, mentoring groups, preaching servi

Friday night is the highlight of our family’s week because Friday is “Family Movie Night.” In the last three years, we&

Christian Reformed World Missions has started field-testing its new Educational Care program with schools in Kenya, including St.

Janela’s deep brown eyes tell a forceful, poignant story. She’s 8. Her mom is dead.

The first five months of The Network saw over 40,000 visits. And people aren’t just reading, they’re talking about ministry!

A new multicultural church in East Waterloo, Iowa, is reaching out to Waterloo’s young people, as well as to poor and chronically u

A Caucasian woman entered the pharmacy to get her prescriptions filled.

Just before he died, Alunsyah testified that the Listener Community Bible studies had made an eternal difference in his life.

Despite the afternoon heat, Iissa makes his way though his village, stopping at every residence.

There’s an ancient proverb that goes like this:

Having witnessed a crime, a young boy was called to testify in court.