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One hundred years ago, on Oct. 30, 1920, the Christian Reformed Church’s first missionaries to China left by ship from San Francisco.

A partnership between River City Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in Cambridge, Ont., and Trinity Centres Foundation, a group that funds and operates transformation projects, is reclaiming a historic church building.

Several reports received by the CRC’s Council of Delegates at its October meeting noted concerns of tension, stress, and struggle for pastors. The Banner talked to staff of the Pastor Church Resources ministry to find out where there is help.

Since May, several Christian Reformed ministries have united to send checks to churches disproportionately affected by the virus, shutdowns, and recession.

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When the Great Depression takes almost everything they own, Ellie’s family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed forests of Echo Mountain.

Catchy, up-tempo pop tunes and ballads invite the listener to move closer to Jesus.

A superb narrator enhances this audiobook of the #1 New York Times bestseller about light-skinned Black twins and the divergent pathways they take.

A pastor and professor committed to a Kingdom-focused world-and-life view that proclaims the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every sphere of life, John Vander Stelt died Sept. 19.

One seldom hears or reads a news story without reference to a robust debate on some issue.

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Faith formation is more than just acquiring knowledge. It is about transformation.

My pastor-friend and his congregation have separated. But from the outside looking in, it seems to me that the process toward him, even from the Classis level, was unreasonable, punitive, and unkind.

A New York Times music critic offers “one of the most helpful podcasts for Christians to understand culture.”

Jenna Bush Hager lost three out of four grandparents—including former president George H. W. Bush—in 13 months. Here she remembers and grieves.

A British dystopian science fiction anthology television series examines the unanticipated consequences of new technologies.

In Prince Edward Island, public health standards have asked for gatherings of 50 or fewer. Charlottetown Christian Reformed Church decided to host satellite sites so their entire congregation can worship in distanced groups each Sunday.

In the COVID era, I have noticed Christians to be deeply divided about a matter that just one year ago would have seemed very trivial: wearing masks.

As Irene re-read each letter—some on scraps of paper and others 20 full pages—she uncovered a story of God’s faithfulness.

Meeting by video conference Oct. 14-16, the Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church reviewed planned new job descriptions for restructured positions, and addressed unity and diversity as part of its agenda.

This book equips Christian leaders to anticipate some of the new challenges in the 2020s.

A CRC pastor explains why the death of the Black Panther star hit many in the Black community so hard.

34 years after The Karate Kid, old rivals go at it again in a Netflix series.