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Religion News Service spoke with Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, a United Methodist in the U.S. who serves as a vice moderator for the World Council of Churches central committee.

When Junie Kim is faced with middle school racism, she learns of her grandparents’ extraordinary strength and finds her voice.

An uneven, imperfect, and flawed movie can, depending on your life’s experiences, rip out your heart.

John Philip Newell shares the long, hidden tradition of Celtic Christianity, explaining how this earth-based spirituality can help us rediscover the natural rhythms of life and deepen our spiritual connection with God.

Looking forward, the road is precarious. Many signs indicate we are a denomination in poor health.

Desde cualquier perspectiva, la oración final de Jesús conlleva un gran peso. 

Ministry share pledges from churches continue to be down; ministry budgets adjust.

Meeting in person for the first time in 26 months, the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates made some more adjustments to governance structure, heard about budgeting plans, and honored out-going delegates.

The U.S. Corporation of the Christian Reformed Church has appointed a chief executive, and the full Council of Delegates of the CRC is recommending a new ecclesiastical corporation: Christian Reformed Church Worldwide.

The fifth studio album by For King & Country features guest appearances by Dante Bowe, Sleeping at Last, Tori Kelly, and Kirk Franklin

Now in a board book, this joyful journey through an ordinary day inspires little ones to be thankful for all of God’s blessings that surround them.

Is Earth sacred? While we may have an obligation to be stewards of creation, is there a danger for Christians of falling into nature worship given some of the language used by those who refer to nature as “sacred”?

Sam Mattas, a Higgins boat coxswain in the Pacific during World War II, is finally headed home to Hot Springs, Ark. But he brings more than surface wounds home.

When her father is murdered right in front of her eyes, a young woman abandons everything to join the criminal underworld and infiltrate the police force undercover—all to find and destroy the one who took her father from her.

Kao Kalia Yang’s sensitive prose and Rachel Wada’s evocative illustrations bring to life this tender true story of the love between a Hmong father and daughter in a refugee camp.

As a pro-life activist my whole adult life, I never thought I’d live to see the end of Roe v. Wade, if that’s what this is.

A highway chapel constructed in 1967 by the congregation of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church was damaged by a suspicious fire.

Sunday school and other Christian education programs suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, with half of congregations in a Hartford Institute study saying their programs were disrupted.

A pastor and chaplain compelled by Christ’s call to reach out to “the least of these,” John de Vries died April 11, age 77.

Ukrainian seminary students, expecting to graduate this month, took in lectures on Christ-centered preaching made possible through  International Theological Education Ministries.

May 1 saw the launch of a break-off denomination of the United Methodist Church, 'without fanfare, but full of hope, faith, and perseverance.'

Seven Canadian CRCs from across the country took part in this pilot Community Opportunity Scan learning cohort.