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When Roland Vanderburg prepared to live and serve in El Salvador, he was warned not to carry two of anything—because the people there are so enterprising that they would want to buy one of them from him.

Cordarrell Sims joined two other inmates in performing the popular praise song “Agnus Dei” during worship at Celebration Fellowship inside the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich.

With fall ministry season in full swing, many Christian Reformed congregations are taking advantage of the newly launched CRC Digital Library to support their church's ministries.

They buffed up the paint and revved up the engines for the annual Family Classics Car Show at Orland Park (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church.

If interest rates in Canada begin to rise, how many Canadians would lose their homes? Become homeless?

Since its kickoff in April 2015, the Canadian Youth Ministry Pilot Project has been so successful that staff has been increased and the Christian Reformed Church’s Board of Trustees decided to expand it to U.S. churches.

What would totally inclusive worship look like?

Henri J.M. Nouwen was a beloved priest, writer, and theologian.

From where I live, I can see the Ohio River from my daughter’s third-floor bedroom. Tucked below the hill overlooking the river a train track runs, but I can’t see it.

Leslie Jordan and David Leonard, the duo who make up the worship band All Sons and Daughters, were looking for inspiration for a new batch of songs.

Using both Arabic and English text, a fictional Syrian girl named Rama tells the story of how her family became refugees.

“With deep sadness for recent violent events in the United States and Canada, we join others in grieving the deaths of Terence Crutcher, Colten Boushie, and many others across the world."

Five years after the death of 15-year-old Connor Vanderveen, CASA Connor will officially open next month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

In an inner-city neighborhood of Philadelphia, Joe Sandberlin can often be found fixing a neighbor’s roof free of charge or sharing the gospel at the local medical clinic.

Delegates to Synod 2016 (the Christian Reformed Church’s annual general assembly) expressed the need for new materials for Sunday school and catechism.

Simon Wolfert “loved life, loved people, and loved his family. He was funny and made us laugh,” said his family.

Many old-timers like me will remember when the Ten Commandments were read each Sunday in worship, usually before a confession of sin.

It’s October, and that means Halloween is coming soon.

Pastor Church Resources, formerly called Pastor-Church Relations, is expanding programs of healing and prevention for ministers, church staff, councils, and congregations.

A recent conference at Calvin Theological Seminary gave some of the seminary's new faculty members a chance to join a well-known Reformed theologian in connecting their areas of expertise to the ministry of the church.

Listeners of Michael Kiwanuka's 2012 debut album, Home Again, could be forgiven for thinking they were hearing new music from James Taylor.