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Gungor’s music is hard to categorize. It is experimental. It is beautiful.

Crippling drought followed by flash floods and a life of poverty complicated by HIV can lead people to despair.

Mike Wissink’s campus ministry for Christian Reformed Home Missions happens in locker rooms, on the sidelines of football fields

Pastor Francisco Limón was convinced that churches can’t grow without discipleship programs.

Let’s claim the story of the Belhar Confession for ourselves.

The things that really count may be nothing to write home about.

In 1946, Viola Desmond was jailed in Nova Scotia, Canada, when she sat in the front of a theater instead of in the segregated “c

What were your favorite movies of 2011?

Released in movie theaters this past fall, The Way takes viewers down the ancient p

What Banner reviewers thought of some of the films of 2011.

CRWRC-Canada will receive more than $7 million by the Canadian government—if Canadian donors do their part.

For more than 30 years, dedicated West Michigan volunteers have delivered copies of Today devotional booklets.

Small Saugatuck CRC sets out to raise money for two goats and ends up with enough for 34.

New Life CRC focuses on building relationships.

Holland CRCs collect blankets for people living on the street in Benton Harbor.

Sunday school curriculum helps bring kids deeper into the Word.

Coach Terri Kaiser logs her 500th career win.

Through “99 Questions from Atheists,” a live online talk-radio program in Russia, both Christians and those who identify t

One of Calvin College’s Jubilee Fellows hopes to serve as a youth minister.

Last year, website traffic was at an all-time high for the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary.

A hospitable attitude toward science and faith is critical for a compelling Christian witness.

Is Santa Real?

Regarding “Why I Believe in Santa Claus” (December 2011): We told our sons the truth from the

To an older generation of Christians, cohabitation appears as a challenge to the dream of marriage.