Daily devotions can also be video on a screen.

Bellevue CRC fights the spread of gangs by keeping teens in school.

Caleb Vandenberg placed first in Ontario and third in Canada for his solution to sanitation issues in Ethiopia.

Bonnie Nicholas has started as interim director of the denomination’s Safe Church ministry.

Sunnyside Christian High won the state championship.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.

A Lansing, Illinois, church sets up rows of small white crosses at Easter as a symbolic cemetery for aborted babies.

Proposed covenant is a new way for officebearers to affirm the CRC’s doctrinal standards, if Synod 2011 approves it.

Changes to pension fund rules in Canada mean ministers must work longer and churches pay more.

Kelloggsville CRC brings out neighbors from many ethnic backgrounds with a soccer ministry that includes Bible study.

San Diego CRC’s SuperKids Tutoring is helping kids with their homework while helping families manage kids’ time.

Almond Valley CRC sends a touch of home to troops stationed overseas.

Orland Park CRC assembled 2,000 school supply packs for children in Haiti.

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Operating a preschool wasn’t part of the plan, but for Hope Community CRC, unexpected blessings resulted.

A church in Greeley implemented table fellowship as a way to engage more people in small groups.

A Grand Rapids, Mich., church used mini-grants to initiate unique ministries.

Members of Iron Springs CRC share the gospel in a local public school.

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Peace CRC in South Holland holds services of lament.

Rev. Rick Admiraal’s first pastoral charge will find him behind bars in Iowa.

CRC Board of Trustees says future hires must align with goal of 25 percent racial diversity in senior leadership.

Beth Swagman resigns as director of the CRC’s Safe Church Ministry; committee cites budget constraints as reason.