While cycling on the Christian Reformed Church’s Sea to Sea 2008 bike tour, Jim Beezhold was inspired by two urban ministries he vi

One hundred eighty Calvinist Cadet Corps counselors, spouses, and children converged on West Des Moines, Iowa, for the 2009 Calvinist Cad

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• Write and enforce a policy regarding the care of children, indicating who may serve as volunteers.
• Assign additional volunte

In June, teens from the Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines (CRCP) held a candlelight vigil as part of a weekend workshop to hel

Teens and adults from six Christian Reformed churches in the Chicago area recently got “down and dirty” in Gary, Ind.

Cadets from two Illinois Christian Reformed churches hauled away trucks full of garbage during their annual cleanup of the Wolfe Wildlife

March 7, 1925 – June 6, 2009

Every Wednesday night in July the parking lot of Hammond (Ind.) Christian Reformed Church jumped with activity.

Chris Pullenayegem has been appointed as the first director of the Christian Reformed Church’s new Leadership Exchange.

A night spent sleeping on the street in a cardboard box helped sensitize 15 students to the issues of hunger and homelessness.

A survey of neighborhood needs prompted a Miami Lakes, Fla., congregation to start a domestic-violence support group.

Church Nursery Safe Practices

Consider including the following in your written policies:

The gospel is spreading on horseback across the Navajo Nation’s high desert in New Mexico and Arizona.

The Community Diaconal Network of Northern New Jersey, a partnership of six Christian Reformed churches, sponsored a free immigration for

A child abduction at a Kentwood, Mich., church highlights the need for churches to have comprehensive child-safety policies and procedu

Peace and safety was on the minds of many people in Whitby, Ontario, when Hebron Christian Reformed Church hosted a community prayer serv

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Dustin Attema, Josh Feikema, and Ben Attema have earned the top honor of the Calvinist Cadet Corps—the Servant Leader Award.

On one recent Sunday afternoon, children climbed, swung, and slid on two colorful and strong playground structures in East Vancouver, Bri

Issues surrounding ordination and even membership of gay persons in churches continue to dominate the agenda of many denominations.

A consortium of Hurricane Katrina relief groups say they are approaching the $25 million mark in money, muscle, and material donated to a

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The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) marked its first five years with a synodical meeting and the election of a new moderator,

A South African church that was suspended from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982 because of its support for apartheid is &l