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The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) marked its first five years with a synodical meeting and the election of a new moderator,

Church Nursery Safe Practices

Consider including the following in your written policies:

• Write and enforce a policy regarding the care of children, indicating who may serve as volunteers.
• Assign additional volunte

A child abduction at a Kentwood, Mich., church highlights the need for churches to have comprehensive child-safety policies and procedu

Construction began on a bar in a small town. The local church started a campaign of prayers and petitions to stop it.

Swelling with pride, a mother was all too glad to tell me recently how well her daughter is faring in her graduate studies at a prestigio

My son doesn’t go to church anymore because he thinks God is a myth.”

Pastor Stu’s first clue that it might be a long Monday came in an e-mail from Jane, one of the deacons at Friendly CRC.

Cake. Ice cream. Candles. Presents. All of these items together in one place can mean only one thing—a birthday!

Is it wrong to be proud of the Christian Reformed Church?

Oil

“Fill the earth and subdue it”
(Gen. 1:28).

Health

Q I recently delivered twins who had Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Promoting Peace

It was good to read Rev. Brian Berghoef’s “Reflection for Independence Day” (June 2009).

While I agree with Rev.

Lately I’ve begun to notice a pattern in my life. It’s one that I’m excited about and increasingly anticipate. Why?

So what exactly is The Banner?

Lately, I’ve been giving friends this pop quiz: “Quick, name one TV show with characters who believe in God in a realistic, s

For the 50th anniversary of GEMS this year, the girls’ clubs focused on Micah 6:8, learning together about what it means to act jus

When church planter Todd Murphy and his family moved to Providence, Rhode Island, eight years ago, he was told that ministry in New Engla

“We know relatively little about the religious lives of American adolescents,” said researchers writing in the Journal for th

For most people, access to printed material isn’t a big deal, but for many in Cuba, recently printed materials are a novelty and a

Like many young people in China, Xiou H. is interested in learning English.