When rioting threatened to drive Christians out of northern Nigeria, a 20-year legacy of faithful witness by missionaries from Christian

In the face of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S.

After more than five years of challenges and delays, Classis Northcentral Iowa hopes a church plant in Rochester, Minn., will soon becom

As this issue of The Banner reaches you, Partners Worldwide, an outreach by Christian business professionals affiliated with t

It is often said that 10 o’clock on a Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week.

The final tally for last summer’s “Sea to Sea with the CRC” cross-Canada bicycle odyssey shows that the project raised

Almost every church uses visual images in worship.

As Stephen Harper and the Conservatives battled Paul Martin’s Liberals in Canada’s recent federal election campaign, the Chri

Christian Reformed Home Missions comes alongside your church to assist, to resource, to support, to partner.

At various times throughout the year, but especially in February and May, a select group of people gather in various places to attend to

A survey of Christian Reformed churches is the first step in an effort by the CRC to encourage and support the growing number of non-orda

Imagine looking through the roster of well-known guests who visit Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., each year and inviting any of th

Beacon of Hope, an AIDS awareness and care program connected to a large fellowship of churches in Nigeria, is among four organizations th

Every year Bart Huizinga and Taeke Dam of Sarnia, Ontario, gave their grandchildren money for Christmas.

While we were in the States recently someone asked us,“Why China?”

Amid laughter and occasional tears, spouses of Christian Reformed pastors shared their stories during nine mentoring conferences held acr

I admit that I was uncomfortable when I was given an information sheet for Calvin Theological Seminary students who preach on “Semi

Brightly dressed men and women danced to beating drums as they celebrated the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria’s (CRCN) centenn

Child abuse takes many forms: physical, emotional, and sexual. It happens at home, at school, and, yes, even at church.

This section of the Banner is named “Church@Work” because we use it to update you on the ministry work of our denomi

Imagine yourself living in a strange country, isolated from the culture because you don’t know the language.

A small meeting room in the Maniknagar slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh, grows more humid with each passing minute as 20 women pile inside its w

Reverend William Mbuluku, the leader of the Back to God Hour’s French-language follow-up work in Bangui, Central African Republic,