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The quilters at Oak Hills Christian Reformed Church in Portland, Ore., are handing down memories even before their quilts are completed.

As Synod 2007 nears, the discussion about whether women may be delegated to synod is heating up.

Mike Aldrink won the Sarasota Marathon and hopes to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

The joy was doubled at First Christian Reformed Church, Vancouver, British Colulmbia, March 18 when Trevor Vanderveen and Julia Prins-Van

Ten high school students observed the latest meeting of Classis British Columbia Southeast.

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

The Christian Reformed Church’s only church in South Carolina has an unusual setting and an unusual pastor.

Entering Ordained Ministry

Entry into ordained ministry in the Christian Reformed Church is governed by Church Order Article 6 (c

When two of its youngest members were diagnosed with a rare disease, Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Bellflower, Calif., swung into

The middle school group at Crossroads Christian Reformed Church in San Marcos, Calif., works all year on projects to help others.

Last fall Neerlandia (Alta.) Christian Reformed Church asked its classis (regional grouping of churches) to declare infant dedication con

I have a friend who owns a banquet hall.

On January 2 The New York Times published a piece titled “Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t” by Dennis Overbye.

In 1949, 7-year-old Ceus (SAY-us) Westerhoff found himself in a new land.

Last summer delegates to the Christian Reformed Church’s annual meeting considered a study report titled “War and Peace.&rdqu

If I know you and you know me
I’d call you by your name
flashing by on my mind’s marquee
a thumbs up for your fam

Biblical/Doctrine

Q Should we obey our church leaders or denomination even when we disagr

It takes you by surprise

It comes in odd packages

It sometimes looks like loss

Or mistakes

It acts like rain

Try this experiment some Sunday morning while you’re sipping coffee after the worship service.

A man called his pastor and said, “This Sunday morning I’d like you to pray for my pancreas.” The pastor replied,

April Fools’!

The reference to Hezekiah 3:16-20 on page 21 of the April Banner (FAQs) is as bad as quoting Hezekiah 4:6, &l

Those who profit from war “are the enemies of democracy in the homeland,” and “amassing enormous fortunes out of the wo

Imagine the joy of the early Christians as the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit made the church grow by leaps and bounds.