Tom Mathis, 61, recently made profession of faith—not in a church council room but in the Corcoran State Prison.
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Rev. John Algera and Rev.
Rev. Ron Vredeveld is the 2006 recipient of the Henri Nouwen Award from the American Association on Mental Retardation.
A strong group of seniors led Lynden Christian School’s boys’ basketball team to a State AA Championship trophy.
More than 70 Christian Reformed Korean pastors met in Los Angeles in April to celebrate reaching the 100-church mark and to establish a m
A Roman Catholic adoption service, Catholic Charities of Boston, said a Massachusetts anti-discrimination law makes it i
Ninety-four musicians from Holland (Mich.) Christian High School traveled to New York City to play at Carnegie Hall, one of the world&rsq
The boys’ volleyball team from Durham Christian High School in Bowmanville, Ontario, won first place and took home gold at the rece
Both The Banner and Reformed Worship received top awards from the Associated Church Press at its annual spring conventi
How does a 9-year-old Panamanian boy end up living each school year with a Christian Reformed family in New Jersey?
In February, the Evangelical Climate Initiative was launched.
Spending two days living among homeless people removed any stereotypes 16 southern California young people might have had of life on the
A soon-to-be-released Canadian postage stamp was designed by Kevin van der Leek, a member of Fleetwood Christian Reformed Church in
Dec. 26, 1921 – Feb. 21, 2006
1918 – 2006
A former prisoner’s vision to reach out to his hometown in Mexico has found support from First Christian Reformed Church in Pella,
1916 - 2005
Rev. Gerrit Vander Plaats, age 89, passed away Dec. 23, 2005, at Mi Casa Nursing Center in Mesa, Ariz.
Danielle Briscoe had no idea that her testimony would help a life come into the world.
An early spring break led to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City for three members of Maple Ridge Christian Reformed Ch
Each year the Christian Reformed Church’s 47 classes (regional groups of churches) send representatives to the denomination’
On the run from war in Sudan, Abeny Kuol huddled in a dark wooded area with her three small children.
Reformed Bible College in Grand Rapids, Mich., has been renamed Kuyper College, in honor of the late Dutch theologian and politician Abra
Several Christian Reformed development workers were on the front lines of Haiti’s recent presidential election, serving as monitors
Discord looms over digital music use in worship.