More than 30 years after they first met on a six-week SWIM (Summer Workshop in Missions) trip to Burbank, Ill., in June 1980, five Christ

Kalamazoo (Mich.) Christian High School won its third consecutive Michigan Quiz Bowl championship in April.

Wayne Harris, volleyball coach at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, was recently named the Ontario College Athletic Assoc

Mandy Faber, 18, recently won the Congressional District Art Contest in her area.

December 29, 1915 – March 11, 2010

Personable pastor, peacemaker, lover of song and music, history buff, and helper of the

Christina Mandang, an Indonesian church musician and delegate to the Uniting General Council meeting in June, died after being struck by

After a massive fire tore through a dairy farm owned by the Luymes family in central Alberta, members of four Christian Reformed churches

Faced with a steady stream of people illegally crossing into the state, Arizona legislators passed the so-called “Your papers, plea

On the May holiday weekend, 875 teens and their leaders converged on Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, for four days o

The merger between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) seemed as if it happened in t

Citing concerns that synods are already getting too rushed, delegates declined to mandate a discussion time at future synods.

Through email news releases, Twitter, Facebook, webcasts, and the magazine you’re holding, The Banner and CRC Communications worked

Synod’s poet laureate, elder Rod Hugen, wrote an ode following one rookie elder’s experience at synod.

For three couples, Synod 2010 was a team effort.

For Elizabeth Jennings, serving as a youth observer at Synod 2010 was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her mother, Rev.

Ethnic advisers for Synod 2010 were (from left) Thurman Rivers, Rev. John Gonzales, Mary Rivers, Rev.

At age 25, elder David Stewart from Classis Columbia was the youngest delegate to Synod 2010.

Synod 2010’s oldest delegates were a pair of 78-year-old first-timers: Wilbert Vanden Bos (left), an elder from Classis Iakota, and

Rev. Duane Kelderman, seminary faculty adviser to Synod 2010, filed a complaint with synod’s president.

A last-minute recommendation came before Synod 2010 to declare that a troll is an appropriate mascot for a Christian college.

This year’s synod was intended to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, but the plan was canceled due to budget constraints—thus syno

Grace Community Christian Reformed Church of Oak Lawn, Ill., warmly welcomed delegates, denominational staff, and visitors to Synod 2010

Oldest delegate: 78

Youngest delegate: 25

Avg. age of minister delegates: 52

Avg. age of elder delegates: 60