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A vibrant leader, a man of deep convictions, and friend of God, Ken Gehrels, pastor of First Christian Reformed Church of Kemptville, Ont., died May 10.

Colorful art kits shared with members of First Christian Reformed Church in Toronto helped the congregation mark the church year in worship.

We know who we are: the Imago Dei. But will that make us humble and free us from offense? Wouldn’t it give us something to be proud of instead?

A user-friendly guide to the documents produced for Synod 2021, parts of which will be addressed in a special meeting of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates held in lieu of synod.

Christian Reformed congregations reaching out creatively with technology are baptizing new believers and seeing communities grow, even over a distance.

ReFrame, the media ministry for the Christian Reformed Church, recently appointed Rev. Darrell Delaney as co-host of its half-hour audio program Groundwork.

계절의 변화에 따라 우리 주변 환경의 변화의 증거 뿐 아니라 개인의 태도와 행동의 변화 또한 보게 됩니다.

A picture book helps children find their way through the confusing world of a loved one developing dementia.

Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections for teens on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs.

Ambi-coustic, jazz-age fusion, with touches of art-rock, featuring eight richly textured instrumental mosaics inspired by the visually spectacular 5th- and 6th-century art of Ravenna, Italy.

A humble man with a “holy” legacy of leading many people to Jesus, Ron Baker died May 5.

Huu Phu Nguyen served Vietnamese New Hope CRC in Wheaton, Ill., for more than 25 years. He died April 17.

As a person with cerebral palsy, I struggle daily with keeping up, fitting in, and pressing on.

Over the past few years, Western societies have been plagued by increasing loneliness.

We want to put up a clothesline to dry our clothes outside in warm weather so we don’t have to waste gas or electricity using a dryer. However, our housing subdivision prohibits clotheslines. What do we do?

Justo González draws on Scripture, the Church Fathers, and his own life experience to highlight the implications of the Lord’s Prayer for Christians.

A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and become humanity’s unlikeliest last hope.

An American man vanishes on a rural road in Vietnam, and his girlfriend follows a path that leads her to the very hospital where they met.

Religious colleges and universities that offer programming within correctional facilities have found ways to stay connected despite pandemic restrictions.

A 1957 plaque honoring missionaries Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian and Pete Fleming who were killed while attempting to share their Christian faith with the Waorani people in Ecuador contains language now seen as offensive.

What is interesting to me is that Jesus still had the wounds from his crucifixion. Why would Jesus keep these wounds?

Advocating for a ceasefire, which has been in place since Friday, the coalition of churches that works to encourage U.S. policies that actively promote a comprehensive resolution to conflicts in the Middle East, wrote to the UN Security Council on Thursday.

Director Harold Roscher described the center as “simply a community for people of all cultures, faiths, (and) financial standings, ... a place where we can meet and grow together.”