The Banner

World Renew has been serving and walking with communities in Tanzania for over 25 years. Partnering with the local church, the African Inland Church Tanzania, World Renew seeks to see God glorified, churches strengthened, and people moved out of poverty.

Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun have teamed up to argue that theology needs to get back to basics

Margaret Bradley’s world is shattered when her son Andrew, a pilot, dies while flying a Canadian peacekeeping mission in Kurt Palka’s wise novel.

Morse and his band ended up creating another two-disc concept album, The Great Adventure, based on the next part of Pilgrim’s Progress.

세상속에서 기독교인의 참여를 인도해 줄 수 있는 믿음의 리더들이 필요합니다. 

기독교인에 대한  세상 사람들의 기본 인식을 비판적이고 부정적이라는 데에서 생명을 창조하고 사랑한다는 인식으로 바꿀 수 있을까요? 저는 예방지향적인 사람과 촉진지향적인 사람 중에서 선택한다면, 어떤 사람과 어울릴 것인지 이미 결정했습니다.

My Spotify playlists are organized by the seasons of the church calendar. There’s Lent, Advent, Epiphany, and Pentecost. My playlist “Common Time” happens to be almost exclusively made up of female artists.

Can we change the world’s perception of Christians as primarily judgmental and negative into one of Christians as primarily life-affirming and loving? Given a choice between a prevention oriented person and a promotion oriented one, I know who I would rather hang out with.

The last round of movie awards this season will be handed out Sunday night, February 24. To take a look at what Banner reviewers thought of some of the nominees,

If we simply tell kids what it means to be a nice person without the radical message of unconditional love from the Creator, we lose the breadth of the gospel.

Peter Jackson’s stunning documentary examines the life of British infantrymen during World War I.

Warm hats and mittens are among the many tangible ways members of Rochester (N.Y.) Christian Reformed Church support John James Audubon School #33.

The Institute of Christian Studies, an interdisciplinary graduate school in Toronto, Ont., has a new location, deepening partnerships with other institutions, and a path toward financial stability.

Nadeana was not a leader. At least, that’s what she believed before beginning her internship with Western Campus Ministry. Now she’s encouraging other students to be leaders too.

Three of us rode together to Detroit, Mich., to the Inspire 2017 conference with much anticipation. I’m not sure what I was looking for, but I do know this: That I needed to be inspired. I needed to know that the Christian Reformed Church in North America is alive and well.

This distinctive children’s picture book could prove to be a valuable resource.

The challenge for all of us who are in the church is to be honest about the planks in our own eyes rather than searching for everyone else’s specks. We need to stop idolizing an artificial ideal of purity that none of us can uphold and instead love our neighbors as ourselves.

Wolterstorff’s journey reveals a grace-filled life, a personal embodiment of shalom.

I have had awful times talking about justice with my family and friends who do not agree with my perspective. I love them, but my approach is not working. Any advice?

What is wrong with gene editing in embryos if we can save children from horrible genetic diseases?

As I see it, morality is at the center of God’s heart; it always has been and always will be. If so, we need to rediscover its beauty and power.

A few years ago, Chicago Tribune columnist Ross Werland raised a provocative rhetorical question in the title of an editorial: “A pew or a canoe: Not a tough choice.”

Why does the abuse of power by leaders in our churches and parachurch organizations seem to be more common than it used to be, and how can we best address this problem?