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John Aupperlee, pastor and chaplain, was most shaped by his identity as a child of God. He died Aug. 31.

East Martin Christian Reformed Church in Martin, Mich., marked its 100th anniversary with a ringing bell, worship service, and pig roast.

Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Brighton, Ont., welcomed its community to honor the deaths of loved ones in a shared experience of releasing monarch butterflies on their southern migration.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, missions that minister to seafaring workers are helping this population—only 22% of whom are vaccinated against the virus—get access to vaccination clinics and other supports.

Ten months after their church building was burglarized, members of Crownpoint (N.M.) Christian Reformed Church are able to gather again for worship and have replaced the front doors.

Entering the third school year to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, diverse responses of how to deal with the infectious disease are surfacing in Christian institutions.

The popular hymn prompted a movement to revive congregational singing and launched the careers of songwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty.

From a 24/7 cupboard in front of the church to biweekly food hampers, the congregation of Bethlehem Christian Reformed Church in Thunder Bay, Ont., is helping people in their neighborhood access food.

Pastor and professor, Paul Bremer, centered his life around God’s story of love and grace. He died Aug. 2.

The idea for an Indigenous Bible translation first came to Wildman nearly 20 years ago in the storeroom of the church he pastored on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.

The new community fridge at Covenant Christian Reformed Church in St. Catharines, Ont., is a neighborhood connection point where congregation members are having more conversations with neighbors than they’ve ever had.

Maranatha Christian Reformed Church in Lethbridge, Alta., wanted a physically distanced way to let its neighbors know its members care—so they pack up to-go craft kits and hand out about 50 each week.

Aetna Christian Reformed Church in Falmouth, Mich., marked 100 years of ministry Aug. 14 and 15, 2021.

First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa turned 150 in 2021.

Albert Hamstra, former Asia regional director and director of special projects for World Missions in the Christian Reformed Church, died July 13.

Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Albuquerque, N.M., had seven members die this past year. The remaining small congregation celebrated those lives all at once Aug. 8.

The ministry of Disability Concerns, a partnership of the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America, featured speakers with a focus on inclusion in its 2021 training.

A formal request to the Christian Reformed Church’s broadest assembly said the process to appeal decisions “is not appellant friendly and is church leader protective when allegations are raised concerning abuse.”

Pastor Shawn Sikkema, serving on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colo., is close to realizing a dream for his ministry: a safe, comfortable, place that the neighborhood’s vulnerable population can share.

After a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others estimated more than a million children orphaned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, supportive agencies are calling Christians to action.

Lucas Van Berkel, who calls West End Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alta., his home congregation, competed in the Tokyo Olympic Games as a member of Canada’s men’s volleyball team.

The board of directors of the CRCNA Canada Corporation is hopeful that its concerns about denomination restructuring will be taken seriously as changes are implemented, and it’s proposing the Council of Delegates appoint more Canadian members.

A humble man with a servant’s heart, pastor and theology professor Carl Gerhard Kromminga died June 25.