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Margaret Spoelstra receives one of Canada’s highest civilian honors for her work with people with autism.

The Korean-American congregations of the CRC are inviting the whole denomination to southern California for a three-day prayer summit.

Enlisted by producer Ridley Scott and National Geographic, amateur videographers in over 190 countries captured moments of everyday li

What were your favorite movies of 2011?

What happens when an Austen favorite meets a modern master storyteller? A classic whodunit is born. Mystery replaces romance in P.D.

Gungor’s music is hard to categorize. It is experimental. It is beautiful.

Crippling drought followed by flash floods and a life of poverty complicated by HIV can lead people to despair.

Mike Wissink’s campus ministry for Christian Reformed Home Missions happens in locker rooms, on the sidelines of football fields

Pastor Francisco Limón was convinced that churches can’t grow without discipleship programs.

Let’s claim the story of the Belhar Confession for ourselves.

The things that really count may be nothing to write home about.

In 1946, Viola Desmond was jailed in Nova Scotia, Canada, when she sat in the front of a theater instead of in the segregated “c

What were your favorite movies of 2011?

Released in movie theaters this past fall, The Way takes viewers down the ancient p

What Banner reviewers thought of some of the films of 2011.

CRWRC-Canada will receive more than $7 million by the Canadian government—if Canadian donors do their part.

For more than 30 years, dedicated West Michigan volunteers have delivered copies of Today devotional booklets.

Small Saugatuck CRC sets out to raise money for two goats and ends up with enough for 34.

New Life CRC focuses on building relationships.

Holland CRCs collect blankets for people living on the street in Benton Harbor.

Sunday school curriculum helps bring kids deeper into the Word.

Coach Terri Kaiser logs her 500th career win.

Through “99 Questions from Atheists,” a live online talk-radio program in Russia, both Christians and those who identify t