COVID-19

If Christians would again lead the way in prioritizing social responsibilities over personal rights, it could serve as a counter to the potential “fall of Christianity” in the global North.

The author of Canoeing the Mountains explores the qualities of adaptive church leadership through a blacksmithing metaphor.

Colorful art kits shared with members of First Christian Reformed Church in Toronto helped the congregation mark the church year in worship.

Christian Reformed congregations reaching out creatively with technology are baptizing new believers and seeing communities grow, even over a distance.

Volunteers from Christian Reformed congregations in Grand Rapids, Mich., participated in an effort to encourage residents in under-resourced neighborhoods to be vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Congregants of Alberni Valley CRC in Port Alberni, B.C., placed flowers on a cross outdoors, and pastors of LaGrave CRC in Grand Rapids, Mich., and West End CRC in Edmonton, Alta., preached two services to accommodate smaller gatherings at each.

Two churches, connected through seven years of past work trips and separated by lack of travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, came together in worship March 21.

Could any of us have guessed, when all this started, that we would still be facing the wrath of the Coronavirus a year later?

On that wintery day last year, my happy face not only showed a complete naivety of the soon-approaching pandemic, but also bore no knowledge of the tsunami of grief that would crash into my world.

For the second year in a row the ongoing difficulties and circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have caused the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates to cancel the denomination’s annual synod.

After a Feb. 5 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a ban on indoor worship gatherings, some groups are resuming indoor, in-person worship and some continue other options in a state where COVID-19 continues to spread.

According to what God revealed to us in Scripture, the world’s problems are fundamentally spiritual, not political.

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung spoke at the 2021 January Series: “Sin is not a game,” she said, “and deep down we know it.”

Nearly half of white evangelicals in the U.S. (49%) said their faith grew stronger due to the coronavirus outbreak—more than any other group, according to a new Pew Research survey.

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), an ecumenical group to which the Christian Reformed Church of North America belongs, is calling its Communion members into what it calls a discernment process over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Libertas Christian School made headlines this past November for maintaining a staunch opposition to statewide mask mandates in Michigan.

The Banner shares a glimpse of the experience of three women, in New York and in British Columbia, serving in essential health services through the pandemic.

Campus ministers serving universities through the COVID-19 pandemic have an opportunity to share hope in meaningful ways with a world asking a lot of questions.

The Canadian Council of Churches, the Canadian Interfaith Conversation, and the Canadian Multifaith Federation co-hosted a discussion Dec. 3, welcoming Justin Trudeau to talk about the value of faith communities in a time of pandemic.

Some Christian colleges and universities are reporting record enrollment this past term, despite delivering education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Ontario and in British Columbia, Friendship Ministry groups—those designed to bring friendship to adults of varying abilities—have made special connections despite pandemic gathering restrictions.

Prompted by COVID-19 to worship outdoors or online, churches are seeing God move in new spaces. A pastor in New York City and in Grimsby, Ont., shared experiences with The Banner.

The Gathering Place, a community outreach founded by three Thunder Bay, Ont., Christian Reformed congregations 35 years ago, continues to serve the community, with some adaptations to prevent the spread of COVID-19.