Lawrence Ter Horst, 79, of Ireton (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church, was forced into retirement by a stroke.
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Just six years into its football program, Holland (Mich.) Christian High School claimed the football state championship in late Nove
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Half of the Christian Reformed Church’s 1,100 congregations now have a Child Safety Policy in place.
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Trinity Christian College’s women’s soccer team made it to the final four in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC
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A new congregation in El Paso, Texas, wanted a bigger launch than a typical new church plant.
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From Transcona CRC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Candidate Henry J. Reyenga.
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A few years ago GEMS church clubs for girls began making news when they entered the pinewood derbies long considered Cadet-only territory
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Covenant Christian Reformed Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, celebrated its 100th anniversary in late November.
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Rain fell for three straight days in Munster, Ind., last September, causing the Little Calumet River to overflow.
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In light of the financial crisis enveloping the United States, and, to a lesser extent, Canada, denominational officials are taking a pro
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Youth group members and leaders of First Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, simulated the plight of homeless people when they spen
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A Florida church is asking baby boomers to consider joining their ministry as self-supported missionaries.
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At Iglesia El Buen Samaritano (Good Samaritan CRC) in Miami, Fla., raising money and food for the city’s disadvantaged people isn&r
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William Spoelhof, who was president of Calvin College for 25 years, passed away in his sleep Dec. 3, 2008.
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The top Washington lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals, who had already faced criticism for his embrace of environmenta
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The church has to be careful that baptismal renewal ceremonies do not resemble baptism and that they are not perceived by the person rene
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Church leaders from around the globe met in December in Washington, D.C., to discuss their hopes for the Obama administration and their w
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Slightly more than half of U.S.
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Rev. Robert A. Schuller has resigned as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Southern California after his father, the Rev.
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United in their aversion to the liberal drift of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada, a group of conservatives in Dece
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Jan. 15, 1911 – Oct. 23, 2008
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Allan Boesak, a church leader and former anti-apartheid activist, presented a lengthy report on homosexual members to his church, the Uni
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In Canada, bishops of the Anglican Church are deferring requests to approve blessings of same-sex unions, while in the United States two
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In the past two years the number of people living in extreme poverty has grown by 100 million and the number of hungry people has increas