A once-struggling Christian Reformed ministry that works with Southeast Asian people in Minnesota is moving forward again with a new visi
Our Shared Ministry
Our Shared Ministry is a place to hear, discuss, and celebrate the ministry that we, as the Christian Reformed Church, are involved in across North America and around the world.
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Bringing Back the Good Life
New book helps Christians make environmentally friendly choicesREAD MOREThe editor of a new book about environmental stewardship doesn’t just talk the talk.
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In Greg Janke’s old office at Bauer Christian Reformed Church, there was a folder that contained material for hundreds of sermons.
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As campus chaplains at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in Prince George, B.C., Neil and Virginia Lettinga host a regul
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A hero is a person noted for special achievements and noble qualities. Gilma Bucardo is one of my heroes.
Introducing Asteroids
“Spoelhof” and “Griffioen”READ MOREAsteroids discovered by students and professors at Calvin College now bear the names of two beloved Calvin retirees: former president Dr.
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Five years ago a group of terrorists hijacked commercial airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Penn
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I have heard it said that the uglier the caterpillar, the more beautiful the butterfly.
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God raises up certain people at certain times to do his work.” Jerry Jonker often said this about others, but 36 years ago God call
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They’ve worshiped in a school, a community center, even a former funeral home.
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Calvin College celebrates 50 years on its Knollcrest campus this summer with a variety of events, including a picnic during the annu
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The Christian Reformed Church’s prayer line has a faithful partner.
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Some came wondering if they were called to vocational ministry.
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At San Jose (Calif.) Christian School, it’s not a question of whether to teach creation bu
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As I take up my new responsibilittes as executive director of the Christian Reformed Church, the issue of leadership is often on my mind
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Last summer I sat with some other North American visitors on rickety chairs under a mango tree in Uganda, East Africa.
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If an adult had approached a teenage Darwin Glassford and predicted that he would be professor of church education at Calvin Theological
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Last month Peter Borgdorff wrote his “swan song”—his last “Dear Reader” column.
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One day, when saints from every tribe and language and people and nation gather at the throne of the Lamb, a saint from the Middle East m
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In the May issue of The Banner we introduced you to Mariama Baylo Balde, who suffered from a disfiguring tumor in her mouth and
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Next month, 34 students will arrive at Calvin Theological Seminary from all over North America to participate in a program called &ld
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Christian Reformed World Missions missionary Jeffrey Bos serves as academic dean of the College of Christian Theology Bangladesh and
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We all live with a certain amount of chaos in our lives. But for some, chaos and pain take control.