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It’s a sad fact but true: people with disabilities are often excluded from many aspects of the life and ministry of a congregation.

Will the Christian Reformed Church of 2057 be anything like the denomination of 1957?

What can a group of pastors and lay people from Grand Rapids, Mich., teach the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee about fighting r

Every summer, high school students from across North America join in a common quest: to discover whether Christian ministry might be thei

The “nail boys” are at it again.

When God has a work to do among his people, he sets them praying.

Last year more than 1.3 million people responded to the broadcast ministry of The Back to God Hour by visiting one of the ministry websit

“We hide for 15 minutes each day so we can listen to your broadcast,” e-mailed a listener from the central African nation of

Christmas is a time of very mixed emotions for me. As a father and grandfather, I enjoy the warmth of family.

GERRY SHUDDERED at the thought. She was facing her first Christmas without her husband.

IN DECEMBER when I leave for work the mornings are dark as the days slowly tick off to the 21st, the winter solstice.

EXPECTING. We associate this seemingly innocent word with (among a good many other things) pregnancy.

Calvin Theological Seminary, the official theological school of the Christian Reformed Church, found itself the center of media attention

Trish Postma from Second Christian Reformed Church in Brampton, Ontario, was one of 100 North American teens selected to deliver gift box

Entry into ordained ministry in the Christian Reformed Church is governed by Church Order Article 6 (candidates who have the prescribed s

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.

An outdoor live nativity scene will be re-created for the 11th year at Brookside Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Mich.

In September delegates of Christian Reformed Churches in Classis Illiana and Classis Northern Illinois traveled to meet together with del

Members of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Ill., became known for their love when they turned out in force to repair and reh

The latest round of classis meetings reveals several Christian Reformed churches in conflict with their own classis (regional grouping of

Two churches in the Midwest celebrated their 100th birthdays in recent months.

Wright Christian Reformed Church of Kanawha, Iowa, provides a special Christmas present each year for residents of a local nursing home.

On Christmas Day at Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alberta, it’s hard to know who is a member of the church and who