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Think about some of your favorite fall activities. Maybe you enjoy hayrides on a farm and munching crunchy apples.

Q What are some conversation starters that might lead to deeper spiritual discussions with my friends?

As the youth coordinator for more than 60 churches in the Christian Reformed Church of Sierra Leone, Rev. Alpha Kargbo faces the familiar challenge of engaging young people in the church.

When Friendship Ministries developed its new curriculum, Together, it expanded beyond its usual audience

they had no idea the relationship would lead to reviving the school’s physical education program.

She never used his name. Or mentioned the recording that roiled so many of his evangelical Christian supporters.

On March 28, 2010, Kate and Andy Grosmaire’s lives were tragically altered when their 19-year-old daughter, Ann, was shot by her boyfriend, Conor.

Ruth has been a labor and delivery nurse at her hospital for 20 years; she’s a skilled nurse and a respected colleague.

As the title suggests, Wilco’s latest album, Schmilco, is written with the awareness that there are many who would say that a new Wilco album is wholly unnecessary.

If James and the Giant Peach or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were ever your favorite stories, Oxford University Press has a gift for you.

I believe that synod had the right to rule that homosexual marriage is morally impermissible,

After 30 years of youth ministry, I see so many young people leaving the church and even the faith.

There was a baptism in our church during a recent Sunday morning worship service.

Lauren Newhuis was first inspired to pursue her profession by an unlikely character—King Nebuchadnezzar.

Jaewoo Jeong did not have the opportunity to experience the love and faithfulness of an earthly father.

During seminary, only one church offered Hulst an internship, only one offered her a summer assignment, and only one offered her a pastoral position after seminary.

When little Ethan Mark Heerema was baptized in Talbot Street Christian Reformed Church in London, Ont., last month, he was the most recent family member to wear what has become a family heirloom.

Kevin and Cheryl Youngquist have gone overseas to participate in mission work, and Cheryl has been doing mission work most of her life.

Niekerk Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., finished up a month-long celebration of its 150th anniversary on September 25.

Clarence Van Ens was a people person, an extrovert to whom people were drawn as to a magnet.