A pastor and seminary administrator who served the Christian Reformed Church for more than 40 years, Bill Van Dyk is remembered as an excellent preacher and respected academic.

Christian Reformed Church general secretary Zachary King said he hoped the formalized close relationship would be a mutual blessing and encouragement.

Perhaps the first dually affiliated Christian Reformed and Alliance of Reformed churches congregation, Harrison (S.D.) Community Church is appreciating the benefits of being connected to both.

Joel H. Nederhood, who served the Christian Reformed Church’s radio and television ministry The Back to God Hour (now ReFrame Ministries) for 35 years, has died at 94.

“We are all invited to overcome the scandal of the divisions that unfortunately still exist and to nurture the desire for unity for which the Lord Jesus prayed and gave his life,” Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to the site of the 325 Council of Nicaea.

A task force assigned by Synod 2024 to look at the Christian Reformed Church’s procedures for disciplining officebearers proposes two additions to “make explicit what has always been implied: major assemblies do have the authority to ensure accountability.”

Founded to provide residential treatment not currently available in Michigan, Finding Freedom Ranch, seeks to help young women "find peace with God, peace with themselves, and peace with food."

From a year-long cohort practicing hospitality, to equipping workshops for elders and deacons to live into pastoral care for LGBTQ people, CRC churches are exploring how to lovingly live within the denomination’s convictions on human sexuality.

Members of Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Flamborough, Ont., made and received more than 2,000 crocheted and knitted poppies to incorporate into a display of remembrance.

Hearing that Cornerstone Prison Church plays Bingo for Bibles sounds strange at first, but because prison rules restrict the giving of items of value to individuals except by chance, the game is a way to have inmates “win” the Word.

Lora Copley, ordained in the Christian Reformed Church since 2006 and currently a campus minister in Iowa, is the new interim editor of The Banner, to start Dec. 1.

Retired pastor and one-time home missionary serving Chinese churches in California, Peter S. Yang spoke with The Banner about the founding, 60 years ago, of Golden Gate CRC in San Francisco.

Two representatives of the Christian Reformed Church in North America attended the General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in Chiang Mai, Thailand, appreciating the interaction with different leaders and delegations from many contexts.

A group that had been pursuing a distinct Canadian Christian Reformed Church, pivoted after Synod 2025 strongly affirmed remaining binational. Its leaders hosted a summit to usher in something new.

Trinity Christian College’s plan to close in 2026 includes agreements to help students complete degrees at similar schools. The economic realities affecting institutions of higher ed prompted the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities to offer a sustainability index check.

Actions of regional groups of churches in the past several months include 21 disaffiliated and two affiliated congregations, 11 approved examinations of ministers of the Word, and 51 departing ministers (retired and active).

A decades old cross-border gift was a cherished memory in church anniversary celebrations this year.

41 congregations of the Christian Reformed Church celebrated significant milestones this year.

Collaborating to share preaching, three Christian Reformed pastors in Indiana have helped their congregations reestablish Sunday evening worship.

Peter Timmerman brings 30 years of international development experience back to World Renew as executive director for Canada.

The board of independent Canadian monthly newspaper Christian Courier sent editor Angela Reitsma Bick off with a litany at a celebratory conference Oct. 18.

For three years three Southwest Ontario churches have hosted each other for fall youth-led worship services, encouraging each other with connection.

Researchers at the University of Lausanne, Oxford University, and the Pew Research Center map secularization and religious change across more than 100 countries.