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The Banner and communications from RCA-CRC Disability Concerns have been recognized with “Best of the Church Press” awards from the Associated Church Press for work produced in 2020.

Congregants of Alberni Valley CRC in Port Alberni, B.C., placed flowers on a cross outdoors, and pastors of LaGrave CRC in Grand Rapids, Mich., and West End CRC in Edmonton, Alta., preached two services to accommodate smaller gatherings at each.

Two churches, connected through seven years of past work trips and separated by lack of travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, came together in worship March 21.

Though not convening this year, the Agenda for Synod 2021 has been released. It contains 14 overtures and three communications related to the human sexuality report. One, by a group of students, was submitted by three different assemblies.

Ralph Bruxvoort, who preached, taught, and lived out a theology centered on God's unconditional love and grace, died March 23.

Ben Wiersma, preaching intern at Sibley (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church, and new member of the local ministerial association, was one of several participants in the association’s revised Easter weekend plan.

Recent reports about instances of bullying and threatening communication received by staff of the Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Social Justice have raised questions about what’s going on and why.

Cadillac (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church, Oak Harbor (Wash.) CRC, and churches in London, Ont., are all participating in community coalitions working toward sheltering community members without housing.

While Americans still believe in God, a growing number have dropped out of organized religion.

An estimated 5,000 people demonstrated in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Sunday, in rallies organized in 14 American cities by the Asian American Christian Collaborative.

Charity Auto Repair, a ministry of Northern Lighthouse Church in Lincoln, Neb., is preparing to build a new and bigger garage after 15 years of offering the community free mechanic services and providing mentoring and training opportunities to work-release correctional inmates.

CRCNA executive director Colin Watson Sr. was one of 28 leaders to sign a March 8 letter to U.S. President Joe Biden addressing policy recommendations related to the Middle East.

A Collaborative that formed just about a year ago denouncing anti-Asian racism at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has released its second statement. “We call Christians and church leaders to make a clear and urgent response condemning this heinous act of hate.”

Peter Boodt lived to preach and bring the Word of the Lord to any and all. He died Feb. 14.

Community and state leaders have responded to a Choose Kind → Spread Kind initiative created by students of Allendale (Mich.) Christian School.

The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response Monday to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions. They cannot.

Luis Palau, a Christian evangelist known for his CityFest evangelistic festivals, died March 11. He was 86.

Beth Moore, prolific Bible study author and teacher, recently ended her longtime publishing partnership with Nashville-based LifeWay Christian. In an interview with Religion News Service she said she and other concerned Southern Baptists see behavior in their denomination “not in step with the gospel.”

Coopersville (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church marked 100 years of ministry in October 2020.

Wheel House Cafe, operating in the covered front entrance of Christ Church of Davis in California, is a simple idea: offer “good coffee, good connections, as well as teaching young people employable skills along the way.”