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Battling graffiti and taggers seems like a hopeless task in many areas, but Rev. Zeke Nelson is taking a different approach.

Several years ago, Kevin Roukema attended a “Discover Your Gifts” workshop at New Life Ministries Christian Reformed Church i

Peter Hileman, a successful trial lawyer in Doylestown, Pa., joined forces with Pam Ramos and others to form a free legal clinic in inner

What is a peeler? How do you make food at home from scratch?

When First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie, Ontario, decided to host a conference about the issues facing pre-teen girls, the respons

New trees are taking root in a Newmarket, Ontario, park, thanks to members of Bethel Christian Reformed Church.

Nine teens and five youth leaders took the trip of a lifetime to northern Ghana in the spring to help at King’s Village, a Christia

The congregations of Gateway Christian Reformed Church in Merced, Calif., and Fleetwood CRC in Surrey, British Columbia, have left the bu

The plants didn’t look like much when distributed in May, but they ended up providing fresh produce for hundreds of struggling loca

Kendra DeJong, 20, of Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa (left), and Katie Nieuwsma, 20, of Bethel CRC in Oskaloosa,

Ken Johnson, a member of Covenant Christian Reformed Church in North Haledon, N.J., knows from personal experience the problems unemploym

Leslie Workman, a member of Grange-ville (Idaho) Christian Reformed Church, took down a 200-pound mountain lion while bow hunting earlier

Mainstage worship, soul-stirring speakers, hug lines—many a Christian Reformed person has fond memories from attending at least one

Ashley Carlisle, 14, of Tohatchi, N.M., has been named agriculture ambassador by the Intertribal Agriculture Council, a group that promot

The girls’ basketball team of Immanuel Christian School in Lethbridge, Alberta, won the provincial championship in its division for

Four girls from Chicago Christian High School broke the Illinois state record while taking first place in the 3,200 meter relay at the St

Go team!

More than 30 years after they first met on a six-week SWIM (Summer Workshop in Missions) trip to Burbank, Ill., in June 1980, five Christ

Kalamazoo (Mich.) Christian High School won its third consecutive Michigan Quiz Bowl championship in April.

Wayne Harris, volleyball coach at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, was recently named the Ontario College Athletic Assoc

Mandy Faber, 18, recently won the Congressional District Art Contest in her area.

December 29, 1915 – March 11, 2010

Personable pastor, peacemaker, lover of song and music, history buff, and helper of the