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Tom Buursma served as a church planting missionary in the Philippines for four-and-a-half years before enrolling at Calvin Theological Se

How focusing on person, perspective, and practice helps

“We need pastors who know how to lead a congregation!”

 When Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., paid off its building debt in 2006, it launched a Year of Jubilee to rais

The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Christian High boy’s golf team captured its third straight state title last spring, with a definite Christia

Rev. Orwin W. Duistermars

1922 – 2007

Rev. Clarence Boomsma

1917 – 2007

Disaster Response Services of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee has signed a partnership agreement with Reformed Church World

In late July the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that deadly clashes between the ethnic group

Churches from Classis Minnkota (a regional group of congregations) gathered in Edgerton, Minn., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the

If a group of 45 people who gathered in Washington, D.C., have their way, Christian Reformed congregations are going to hear a lot more a

Rev. Gerald J. Postma

1921 – 2007

Some seminarians at Calvin Theological Seminary breathed a sigh of relief when a 12-percent reduction in their course load was announced

In March 2006 Laurel Wallinga, 24, a registered nurse at Zeeland (Mich.) Hospital, began to pray for an opportunity to serve in the medic

There was a coronation at the GEMS Counselor’s Leadership Conference, but it wasn’t for a beauty pageant.

Jeff Kruithof took the reins as executive director of Youth Unlimited this August when Rachael Cooley, director for the past three years,

Launched to share God’s love with people who have cognitive impairments, Friendship Ministries is celebrating 25 years.

For Devon Scott, 16, leading kids at a summer sports camp is a “cool opportunity,” especially when he gets to tell the camper

 Face painting, cotton candy, balloons, and The Back to God Hour?

The 25 Asian congregations in the Christian Reformed Church have tended to be scattered and isolated, but that has changed.

This summer Calvin Theological Seminary’s Facing Your Future program reached a milestone.

Rev. Dante A. Venegas

October 5, 1933 – April 13, 2007

Rev. Edward A.

Rev. Dick C. Bouma

September 9, 1927 – March 26, 2007