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In March, 100 teens from Lynden, Wash., hosted 50 inner-city Seattle teens for a weekend that included worship, paintball games, four-whe

Only the buzzing of overhead lights disturbed the hush when 834 women listened to Debbie Mayer tell of losing three daughters in a traffi

Eight members of River Terrace Christian Reformed Church in East Lansing, Mich., recently traveled to Nigeria to learn about the Nigerian

When the saints came marching in to Raybrook Chapel at Holland Home in Grand Rapids, Mich., they were dressed for the occasion.

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The Board of Trustees of the Christian Reformed Church met at the end of April with a full agenda.

Is decision-making in the Christian Reformed Church being concentrated in the office of the executive director in the cause of efficiency

Sixteen members from Fredericton Christian Reformed Church in New Brunswick traveled from the Canadian Maritimes to Texas to do disaster

Lester De Koster, who served as editor of The Banner for 10 years as well as being a long-time librarian at Calvin College and

Depression, sometimes called “the common cold of mental illness” because of its prevalence, is as serious a problem as it is

From Hope Christian Reformed Church in Stony Plain, Alberta, to Rev.

A preacher prepared for the Sunday-morning worship service, but only one person, a farmer, showed up.

Across North America, congregations and other religious organizations are facing the same belt-tightening challenges as everyone else.

“He who knows his own sin is greater than the angels,” said seventh-century Isaac of Nineveh. John Calvin would agree.

After glancing at my calendar and doing a double-take at my ever-growing pregnant belly, I realize that I will miss out on Mother’s

Last year Rev.

John Nash is one of the most gifted mathematicians of our lifetime. As a student at Princeton he wowed everyone with his genius.

Every night of your life, something very mysterious happens to you. You lie down, close your eyes, and you FALL ASLEEP.

I was a member of a Second Blessing church before I joined the Christian Reformed Church.

Finance

Q I heard [national Christian financial counselor] Dave Ramsey say, “If you

Coffee Shop Confusion

I appreciated the excellent and important article “Does Your Church Have the Right to Exist?” (

About 25 years ago reports began to surface about physical, emotional, and sexual abuse perpetrated by members and even leaders in the Ch

I’ve sunk deeper into our home lately.