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The Christian Reformed Church in North America’s Ministers Pension Plans, subject of some critical overtures in 2024, will now be managed by CEB Services, headed by former CRCNA CFO John Bolt.

Considering 2022 data from 198 countries, a Pew Research Center report on religious persecution ranked 24 countries as high on both Government Restriction Social Hostilities indexes.

Sometimes, you see, Wren and Gran didn't paint flowers or clouds or birds or trees. Sometimes they painted their feelings. She and Gran called it "painting prayers."

Embark on a delightful journey into the world of dogs in this documentary that reveals scientific and emotional insights about our lovable BFFs.

The Banner’s Mixed Media Editor gives her top picks for best Christian living books of 2024.

For many Christians, this transition feels jarring; it can feel like a move from light into shadows.

A church and a school in Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula came together to create a building suiting both of their needs.

Adanne accepts a job as a makeup artist for a movie filming in her Alabama hometown, but the money hardly seems worth facing the actor who got her fired from her last job in Hollywood.

I struggle with my kids’ constant fighting. How can I stop the competition so our home can find some peace?

Loss is a painful part of life, and we all experience it at times—sometimes even when it comes to faith.

Effective pastors in times like these must feel adequately equipped for the complex and nuanced job of imparting peace, unity and intelligent civic participation to their congregations.

Peter Mahaffy, professor of chemistry at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alta., is the 2025 recipient of the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, presented by the American Chemical Society.

This picture-book celebration of family, Filipino heritage, and dance showcases the value of patience, perseverance, and blessing others with your gifts and talents.

Drawing on research and experience, Raffety, an able-bodied Christian writing to able-bodied churches, confesses her struggle to repent from ableism in hopes of convincing others to do the same.

Christian Reformed congregations are renewing a commitment to prayer and spiritual practices that deepen faith.

Fostering the land on which they minister to Unity Christian Reformed Church in Prospect Park, N.J., has become a passion of pastor AJ Santino and his family.

The Black history you never knew: Uncovering unsung heroes in the struggle for racial justice.

In Advent we long for the light, at Christmas we revel in it, and throughout Epiphany we see by it.

Being a mediocre parent, I pick my battles. Trying to model the values of faith and the covenant community is No. 1. Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation helped me identify No. 2: technology.

Two Christian high schools battled for the boys provincial volleyball championship, with Hamilton (Ont.) District Christian High School taking home the title.

Trinity Christian College’s women’s soccer team won the National Christian College Athletic Association Division I championship.

Follow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family, beginning with a story of a forbidden romance that leads to a sweeping saga taking place in Korea, Japan, and America.