October 2025

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Wicker, who most recently was serving with the U.S. Coast Guard, was honored Aug. 1 during the Military Chaplains Association’s annual training.

Owen Sound (Ont.) Hunger and Relief Effort has relied on community and church support to distribute its running total of 1 million meals to citizens in need.

At least 38 congregations have begun or completed a process of disaffiliation from the CRC since Synod 2024.

Jerome and Ella Mae Cupido, members of West End Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alta., are manufacturing hand-fed balers in Kenya, using “gifts of invention and craftsmanship not just for our own benefit but to benefit others.”

First Reformed Church in South Holland, Ill., now has dual affiliation with the RCA and the Christian Reformed Church.

A pastor and Christian school teacher, Larry Meyer loved sharing the Word of God and spoke of God’s goodness right to the end. He died July 4 at age 80.

A child psychologist by training, Dobson made the crossover from academia to religious-oriented culture making with his 1977 founding of Focus on the Family.

Synod 2025 encouraged continued experimentation in digital-based ministry. The Banner checks in with an online church plant.

About to begin its third season hosting the Ada (Mich.) Homeschool Hub, Ada CRC is having a new life as a community resource.

Chad Werkhoven, pastor of Worthington (Minn.) Christian Reformed Church, has produced confession-based Bible reading guides for his congregation for three years. They’re inviting others to join in.

John Wildeboer, most recently pastor of Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church in Bowmanville, Ont., started Sept. 15 as the new national director of Diaconal Ministries Canada.

A retrospective of former Christian Reformed World Missions’ media director Edwin de Jong includes photographs from 25 countries and reporting for The Banner and other publications.