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My church expects parents to help in children’s worship once a month. Is that necessary? What do we gain and what do we lose?

Ben Wiersma, preaching intern at Sibley (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church, and new member of the local ministerial association, was one of several participants in the association’s revised Easter weekend plan.

Recent reports about instances of bullying and threatening communication received by staff of the Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Social Justice have raised questions about what’s going on and why.

A deeply personal and pastoral book on how to detect abusive systems.

A dying novelist makes a final effort to connect with son in an artful faith-based film.

A riveting 21st-century morality play about a megachurch pastor and his secrets.

Why have differing expectations recently caused friction in some churches?

The Religious Exemption Accountability Project filed a lawsuit March 29. It says the Dept. of Education is complicit in “abuses and unsafe conditions thousands of LGBTQ+ students endure at hundreds of taxpayer-funded, religious colleges and universities.”

Ayan and her four children arrived in Canada as refugees in the midst of the pandemic.

The full-length debut from Minneapolis-based husband/wife Christian folk-pop duo Him + Her

A Western Seminary professor with incurable cancer calls us to embrace our mortality in our daily life and faith.

Firsthand Retellings of the Infamous Bank Robbery Thrill in This Five-Part Podcast

When we look at the world today with all its problems, from wars and racism to abortion and climate change, we are tempted to despair.

In Spanish, “armadillo” means “little armored one.”

Part-time pastoring is an increasing trend.

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream.

In the beloved rhythms and rhyme of the classic poem ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, ’Twas the Morning of Easter tells the story of the resurrection of Jesus.

The time of COVID is challenging, but how we view our existence in it and how to structure our days is a spiritual discipline.

While Americans still believe in God, a growing number have dropped out of organized religion.

Cadillac (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church, Oak Harbor (Wash.) CRC, and churches in London, Ont., are all participating in community coalitions working toward sheltering community members without housing.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional group of churches. Here is the report of classis meetings of the past several months.

An estimated 5,000 people demonstrated in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Sunday, in rallies organized in 14 American cities by the Asian American Christian Collaborative.

The temptations in Africa aren’t any different from those in North America.