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On its 100th anniversary, Faith Community CRC of Wyoming, Mich., hosted Synod 2019’s synodical service of prayer and praise.

The Christian Reformed Church’s executive director gave his annual state of the church address to Synod 2019.

Paul R. De Vries shared the work of the Council of Delegates with Synod 2019.

More than 50 women attended the third annual dinner for women inleadership.

This year’s executive committee includes a deacon for the first time. 

A prequel to When Helping Hurts, this book lays a foundation for why God wants all his created beings to flourish.

Film tells the fascinating if not complete backstory of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.

With a gentle 1970s vibe, this British prog rock outfit takes a musical world tour.

Church of the Servant, a Christian Reformed congregation in Grand Rapids, Mich., has found its long-running Basic English Service has shaped the church as a whole.

The Christian Reformed Church’s Faith Formation Ministries will offer leaders a different platform and coordinated support for Dwell, its Sunday school curriculum from a Reformed perspective. 

Praying for the president has gotten an unusual amount of press lately.

Huan coordinates ministry for a network of Chinese pastors who are also blind. In fact, she’s made it her mission to minister to other people who are blind in China—currently over 17 million.

A memoir-like journey of 20 years of teaching world religions wonders aloud what Christianity may be missing. 

This is a theology not learned on the hill in the white-steepled church, but caught on the streets of the trailer park and inside the teen center while living in the shadow of the Chugach Mountains, a theology carried to me—taught to me—by those who walk on other city streets.

From Phillis Wheatley to Eugene Callender to the women of Truth’s Table, African American Reformed Christians have ministered from the margins to the margins.

One hundred nineteen participants from across Canada considered the theme From Emptiness to Fullness as they discerned together the next steps for ministry in their local and national contexts.

Fred VanDyk, a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church who worked at various times in the United States, Canada and Nigeria, died May 7. He was 85.

Peoria Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, marked 125 years of ministry June 2, 2019.

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 few months.

The Banner's experienced news team will bring you the facts of synod decisions, along with the history and context around the important issues of the day.

Drawing from a childhood lung sickness, the UK’s Martin Smith sings about the breath of God. 

The Middle Eastern fable returns as a live-action film, with an empowered Jasmine and a positive cultural representation. 

A young boy honors his family’s ancestral land with a perfect tribute.