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As a Christian Reformed campus minister at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., Mike Wissink spends much of his time praying wit

The Christian church in the Holy Land is made up mostly of Palestinian Christians who have kept the faith since the days of the early chu

The CRC’s vision statement begins: “The Christian Reformed Church is a diverse body of healthy congregations, assemblies, and

Canceling Sunday morning services is not the usual way to plant a church.

It’s been quite a year!

The Christian Reformed Church’s 150th anniversary, with its theme of “Grace Through Eve

Imagine that you have just arrived in Grand Rapids, Mich., from Edmonton, Alberta, as a first-year student at Calvin Theological Seminary

Tom Buursma served as a church planting missionary in the Philippines for four-and-a-half years before enrolling at Calvin Theological Se

How focusing on person, perspective, and practice helps

“We need pastors who know how to lead a congregation!”

 When Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., paid off its building debt in 2006, it launched a Year of Jubilee to rais

The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Christian High boy’s golf team captured its third straight state title last spring, with a definite Christia

Rev. Orwin W. Duistermars

1922 – 2007

Rev. Clarence Boomsma

1917 – 2007

Disaster Response Services of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee has signed a partnership agreement with Reformed Church World

In late July the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that deadly clashes between the ethnic group

Churches from Classis Minnkota (a regional group of congregations) gathered in Edgerton, Minn., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the

If a group of 45 people who gathered in Washington, D.C., have their way, Christian Reformed congregations are going to hear a lot more a

Rev. Gerald J. Postma

1921 – 2007

Some seminarians at Calvin Theological Seminary breathed a sigh of relief when a 12-percent reduction in their course load was announced

In March 2006 Laurel Wallinga, 24, a registered nurse at Zeeland (Mich.) Hospital, began to pray for an opportunity to serve in the medic

There was a coronation at the GEMS Counselor’s Leadership Conference, but it wasn’t for a beauty pageant.

Jeff Kruithof took the reins as executive director of Youth Unlimited this August when Rachael Cooley, director for the past three years,

Launched to share God’s love with people who have cognitive impairments, Friendship Ministries is celebrating 25 years.

For Devon Scott, 16, leading kids at a summer sports camp is a “cool opportunity,” especially when he gets to tell the camper