Kalamazoo (Mich.) Christian High School won its third consecutive Michigan Quiz Bowl championship in April.
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Wayne Harris, volleyball coach at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, was recently named the Ontario College Athletic Assoc
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Mandy Faber, 18, recently won the Congressional District Art Contest in her area.
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December 29, 1915 – March 11, 2010
Personable pastor, peacemaker, lover of song and music, history buff, and helper of the
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Christina Mandang, an Indonesian church musician and delegate to the Uniting General Council meeting in June, died after being struck by
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After a massive fire tore through a dairy farm owned by the Luymes family in central Alberta, members of four Christian Reformed churches
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Faced with a steady stream of people illegally crossing into the state, Arizona legislators passed the so-called “Your papers, plea
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On the May holiday weekend, 875 teens and their leaders converged on Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, for four days o
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The merger between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) seemed as if it happened in t
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Citing concerns that synods are already getting too rushed, delegates declined to mandate a discussion time at future synods.
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Through email news releases, Twitter, Facebook, webcasts, and the magazine you’re holding, The Banner and CRC Communications worked
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Synod’s poet laureate, elder Rod Hugen, wrote an ode following one rookie elder’s experience at synod.
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For three couples, Synod 2010 was a team effort.
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For Elizabeth Jennings, serving as a youth observer at Synod 2010 was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her mother, Rev.
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Ethnic advisers for Synod 2010 were (from left) Thurman Rivers, Rev. John Gonzales, Mary Rivers, Rev.
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At age 25, elder David Stewart from Classis Columbia was the youngest delegate to Synod 2010.
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Synod 2010’s oldest delegates were a pair of 78-year-old first-timers: Wilbert Vanden Bos (left), an elder from Classis Iakota, and
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Rev. Duane Kelderman, seminary faculty adviser to Synod 2010, filed a complaint with synod’s president.
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A last-minute recommendation came before Synod 2010 to declare that a troll is an appropriate mascot for a Christian college.
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This year’s synod was intended to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, but the plan was canceled due to budget constraints—thus syno
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Grace Community Christian Reformed Church of Oak Lawn, Ill., warmly welcomed delegates, denominational staff, and visitors to Synod 2010
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Oldest delegate: 78
Youngest delegate: 25
Avg. age of minister delegates: 52
Avg. age of elder delegates: 60
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Wielding the shepherd’s staff as Synod 2010’s sergeant at arms was elder John Oosterhof, Classis Huron.
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None of the delegates to this year’s synod came with any experience as synod officers, so it was no surprise to have an executive o