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Is decision-making in the Christian Reformed Church being concentrated in the office of the executive director in the cause of efficiency

Sixteen members from Fredericton Christian Reformed Church in New Brunswick traveled from the Canadian Maritimes to Texas to do disaster

Lester De Koster, who served as editor of The Banner for 10 years as well as being a long-time librarian at Calvin College and

Depression, sometimes called “the common cold of mental illness” because of its prevalence, is as serious a problem as it is

From Hope Christian Reformed Church in Stony Plain, Alberta, to Rev.

A preacher prepared for the Sunday-morning worship service, but only one person, a farmer, showed up.

Across North America, congregations and other religious organizations are facing the same belt-tightening challenges as everyone else.

“He who knows his own sin is greater than the angels,” said seventh-century Isaac of Nineveh. John Calvin would agree.

After glancing at my calendar and doing a double-take at my ever-growing pregnant belly, I realize that I will miss out on Mother’s

Last year Rev.

John Nash is one of the most gifted mathematicians of our lifetime. As a student at Princeton he wowed everyone with his genius.

Every night of your life, something very mysterious happens to you. You lie down, close your eyes, and you FALL ASLEEP.

I was a member of a Second Blessing church before I joined the Christian Reformed Church.

Finance

Q I heard [national Christian financial counselor] Dave Ramsey say, “If you

Coffee Shop Confusion

I appreciated the excellent and important article “Does Your Church Have the Right to Exist?” (

About 25 years ago reports began to surface about physical, emotional, and sexual abuse perpetrated by members and even leaders in the Ch

I’ve sunk deeper into our home lately.

With great interest I’ve followed our discussions on homosexuality in The Banner, on the Banner website, and on “Bob’s

When churches add ministry staff—worship leaders, youth pastors, administrators, pastoral caregivers—they often seek training

Growing up in Cuba, Juan Pablo Sanchez never saw the inside of a church . . . or the outside, for that matter.

How would you feel if your children only had access to dubbed translations of foreign videos?

Alexandra is a Christian from the Penza region of Russia, a little more than 700 km south of Moscow. In a letter to Rev.

Back in her student days at Calvin College, there was one on-campus job that appealed to Mary Hulst.