A faithful servant of God with a pastor's heart and a gift for public prayer, Phil Kok died Jan. 23.

The board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, an organization founded by the now deceased Christian apologist, is making a public apology after an investigation verified allegations of sexual misconduct.

In January, Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, launched the Thrive Center, a center for teaching and delivering ABA, a therapeutic approach “individualized to each client’s strengths, needs, and goals.”

The Christian Reformed Church's Council of Delegates is meeting Feb. 17-19. The heavy agenda includes continued work on the governance structure between the U.S. and Canada, correspondence about the Human Sexuality Report, and whether or not Synod 2021 will be convened as planned, modified, or canceled due to COVID-19.

Nearly half of white evangelicals in the U.S. (49%) said their faith grew stronger due to the coronavirus outbreak—more than any other group, according to a new Pew Research survey.

Ordained in 1958 and preaching throughout retirement, Garry Stoutmeyer lived his passion of preaching, teaching, and counseling. He died Jan. 5.

For many schools, including the United Methodist Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C., the Master of Divinity degree could be moving online for good.

In Phoenix, Ariz., a regional assembly of the Reformed Church in America and a classis of the Christian Reformed Church are cooperating to share resources and offer ministry in Orangewood Community Church, a joint church plant that hosted its first public worship service last June.

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), an ecumenical group to which the Christian Reformed Church of North America belongs, is calling its Communion members into what it calls a discernment process over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community Christian Reformed Church in DeMotte, Ind., reopened its community preschool in 2019 and has since been recognized for providing quality early childhood education.

Leverne Tanis had a lifelong devotion to serving God and others. He died Jan. 10 at Bethany Home in Ripon, Calif.

Rev. Bobby Boyd, known for his compassionate pastoral care and his passion for evangelism, died Dec. 19, 2020.

Before “At a Crossroads” was published last summer, the Christian Reformed Church’s resources for navigating a potential church closure were 20 years out of date. In this news feature The Banner looks at some of the realities, responses, and repercussions of disbanding a congregation.

Melissa Fischer, an artist and prayer coordinator at Immanuel Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., has found a way to pray with her sketchbook, and she’s leading others to express how they see God this way too.

Open Doors keeps an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution for their faith. North Korea tops the list for the 20th consecutive year.

The executive committee of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates has approved hiring Tim Rietkerk as the next director of the CRC’s Chaplaincy and Care Ministry.

C.I.A. (Christ in Action) boys club, founded at Sunlight Community Church in Port Saint Lucie, Fla., in 2019, is “helping boys connect deeper with God, learn and understand the gospel, and grow into men who live out their lives in passionate response to the good news.”

African American leaders and seminary presidents said they had an ‘honest and open conversation’ during the virtual meeting last week.

A man of perseverance and empathy who pastored several Christian Reformed congregations in Canada, Henry Jonker died Dec. 9.

Meg Jenista Kuykendall and Katie Ritsema-Roelofs, ministers at Washington, DC Christian Reformed Church, say events this week, while national news, are moments of pastoral concern and care for the congregation that is 60% federal employees or contractors.

‘In this time of uncertainty and fear, Christians around the globe turn to Scripture and turn to song for comfort,’ according to the website Hymnary.org.

Amanda Benckhuysen, a professor of Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich., is leaving that position to become director of the Christian Reformed Church’s Safe Church Ministry.

Committees that look to support students pursuing an education in ministry are meeting together to learn how best to do that.