Synod 2008 was a momentous occasion, historic no matter how you feel about women being delegated to synod for the first time.
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Rev. Donald J. Van Beek, faithful believer, devout family man, care-giver, and diligent pastor, preacher, and teacher, passed away Feb.
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Competing in the state basketball tournament is not unusual for Western Christian High School of Hull, Iowa.
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Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa, was looking for a home for its daughter congregation, Living Water Community Chur
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Celebration Community Christian Reformed Church, a church plant in Muskegon, Mich., has filed suit against the city of Muskegon, citing t
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With the theme of God’s faithfulness to all generations (Ps.
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No matter what is on the agenda for Synod 2008 (the annual leadership meeting of the Christian Reformed Church), it will be a historic oc
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A Grand Rapids, Mich., high school student raised more than $1,500 recently to help a Sudanese man whom she had never met.
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A group of pastors and members of the Christian Reformed Church calling themselves the Returning Church met recently in Byron Center, Mic
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A group of leaders from the Christian Reformed Church, including pastors, denominational staff, and lay people, traveled for 10 days in I
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As millions around the globe switched lights off to observe Earth Hour, a group of worshipers met in the darkened sanctuary of Commu
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At age 73, William Vanderlinde had decided against riding in the Sea to Sea 2008 Bike Tour across North America.
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In his 62 years, Gerald Kobes has visited all 50 states in America—once by train, twice by car, and many times by plane.
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Growing up, the Bentum sisters were not the best of friends, but now the Woodstock, Ontario, women plan to spend a whole lot of time toge
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With 218 riders, this summer’s Sea to Sea binational bike tour from Seattle, Wash., to Jersey City, N.J., is the largest ever bicyc
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Canadian Court Sides with Breakaway Parishes
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In February attackers in Kenya set fire to the main compound of the Reformed Church of East Africa conference center, destroying the whol
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The poorest counties in the United States are among the hardest hit by the subprime mortgage crisis, according to a study released in Feb
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Dick Katte, Colorado’s “winningest” basketball coach, reached a milestone recently when his Denver Christian High Schoo
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With a new name to match renewed focus on spreading the missionary message, Western Michigan Missionary Union has gone co-ed, leaving the
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How do our spiritual convictions, our faith and values, affect the way we vote?
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.
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As an inner-city police officer, Chip Ware sees the worst side of Grand Rapids, Mich.: drugs, gangs, prostitution, and more.
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Rev. Jacob D. Eppinga
1917-2008