The Banner published hundreds of columns, reviews, and news stories and dozens of features, editorials, and opinion pieces in 2025. Here are the top 5 most-accessed articles online in each category between January and December.
This mix shows heavy interest in the evolution of The Banner’s mandate and our former editor’s resignation as well as useful features, heartfelt opinions, practical questions, and thoughtful media reviews. Thanks for reading!
The Banner team looks forward to continuing to serve the church in 2026.
News
Banner’s Editor-in-Chief Resigns ‘In Protest’ (June 25, 2025)
The Banner’s Mandate Curtailed (June 19, 2025)
Affiliations Shift in Classis Grand Rapids East and Beyond (Feb. 26, 2025)
Calvin University Called to Clarify their Confessional Exceptions (June 17, 2025)
Not Guilty Verdict for Former Pastor Charged with 1975 Murder (Jan. 21, 2025)
Features
A Pastor, Disconnected (June 2, 2025)
Ending Well: How Hope Christian Reformed Church Disbanded (Sept. 8, 2025)
Singles and the Church (May 5, 2025)
Celebrating the Nicene Creed (Feb. 10, 2025)
What is Counterculture Now? (Jan. 13, 2025)
Opinion and Editorial
Farewell (Editorial, July 7, 2025)
Being Your Denominational Magazine (Behind The Banner, June 25, 2025)
The Church at War (As I Was Saying, Feb. 7, 2025)
Lament (Editorial, April 7, 2025)
Power, Authority, and Love (Editorial, June 16, 2025)
Columns
The Danger of Political Idolatry (Faith Matters, Feb. 17, 2025)
Celebration and Grief (In My Shoes, April 14, 2025)
Four Decades of Living the Quad Life (The Other Six, July 14, 2025)
My Opa (The Other Six, Aug. 25, 2025)
Is the 'Sin of Empathy' a Biblical Teaching? (Big Questions, April 25, 2025)
Mixed Media
Sullivan's Crossing (Television)
A Bend in the River (Movie)
Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry (Book)
Signora Volpe (Television)
Pageviews counted by Google analytics, referenced Dec. 14, 2025.
About the Author
Alissa Vernon is the news editor for The Banner.