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“Peace in Sudan will not come through weapons or foreign interests, but through deliberate, inclusive and just peace processes rooted in the dignity of every Sudanese,” Catholic Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille said.

After 107 years, the original sanctuary of New Holland (S.D.) Christian Reformed Church, will come down in May, making way for a larger construction to house the church.

When a child feels left out, makes a mistake, or is called a name that hurts their heart, how can they know their true identity?

To Olivia offers a grief story in this somber movie about Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal’s loss of a child.

This poignant novel in verse is about a Hmong girl losing and finding home in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. For fans of Jasmine Warga and Veera Hiranandani.

Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, Iowa, has been “exalting God through loving worship for 75 years.”

Emo (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church hosts a pancake breakfast during its town’s Spring Fever Days to raise funds for “worthy local causes.”

Members of the same churches are judging each other’s characters based on their disagreements. Sometimes they refuse to talk to one another while singing songs of unity.

Rediscover the majesty of the ascended Christ just in time for Ascension Day, May 14.

Our sub-plot relationships are to mirror, accurately, the main plot.

The Human Sexuality Report calls for much more than clarifying boundaries. Now it’s time for developing the report’s pastoral recommendations.

As a denomination, we’re on the slope of a decades-long demographic decline. But we must not lose sight of who is in our corner.

Winner of an Illumination Book Award and the 2025 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, this book shows kids that God is with us―even in the dark.

Wonder Project announced a new special, The Old Stories: Moses, which will be released this spring. It's the latest in a slew of streamable Bible content.

In the shadows of Madrid's most notorious drug slum, an American missionary family plants roots among heroin addicts and builds an unlikely church.

A teacher and pastor who loved people and truly cared deeply for others, Doug Warners lived for several years with dementia and died March 19 at age 84.

A Worthington, Minn.,-based aviation training program for missionary pilots found support and available housing for its students in an unused parsonage.

I believe evangelism is one of the most important areas we need to grow as we think about God’s desired future for our denomination and for our local churches.

God has a plan to redeem every kid's story! This unique resource helps children understand foster care.

The community of Lynden, Wash., was invited to a 28-hour-long hymn singing marathon April 6 to 10.

Did you know the Christian Reformed Church synod has approved eight specific Bible translations for use in worship by Christian Reformed congregations?

I don’t love God more because I earned a degree, but I do know God better through disciplined, sustained study of Scripture.