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Meeting in person for the first time in 26 months, the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates made some more adjustments to governance structure, heard about budgeting plans, and honored out-going delegates.

The U.S. Corporation of the Christian Reformed Church has appointed a chief executive, and the full Council of Delegates of the CRC is recommending a new ecclesiastical corporation: Christian Reformed Church Worldwide.

The fifth studio album by For King & Country features guest appearances by Dante Bowe, Sleeping at Last, Tori Kelly, and Kirk Franklin

Now in a board book, this joyful journey through an ordinary day inspires little ones to be thankful for all of God’s blessings that surround them.

Is Earth sacred? While we may have an obligation to be stewards of creation, is there a danger for Christians of falling into nature worship given some of the language used by those who refer to nature as “sacred”?

Sam Mattas, a Higgins boat coxswain in the Pacific during World War II, is finally headed home to Hot Springs, Ark. But he brings more than surface wounds home.

When her father is murdered right in front of her eyes, a young woman abandons everything to join the criminal underworld and infiltrate the police force undercover—all to find and destroy the one who took her father from her.

Kao Kalia Yang’s sensitive prose and Rachel Wada’s evocative illustrations bring to life this tender true story of the love between a Hmong father and daughter in a refugee camp.

As a pro-life activist my whole adult life, I never thought I’d live to see the end of Roe v. Wade, if that’s what this is.

A highway chapel constructed in 1967 by the congregation of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church was damaged by a suspicious fire.

Sunday school and other Christian education programs suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, with half of congregations in a Hartford Institute study saying their programs were disrupted.

A pastor and chaplain compelled by Christ’s call to reach out to “the least of these,” John de Vries died April 11, age 77.

Ukrainian seminary students, expecting to graduate this month, took in lectures on Christ-centered preaching made possible through  International Theological Education Ministries.

May 1 saw the launch of a break-off denomination of the United Methodist Church, 'without fanfare, but full of hope, faith, and perseverance.'

Seven Canadian CRCs from across the country took part in this pilot Community Opportunity Scan learning cohort.

Every week, the Christian Reformed Church’s Safe Church office receives calls from those who say they have experienced some form of abuse in their church.

Lately, the war in Ukraine is exposing the vulnerability of the earth to this simple truth.

An atmospheric Celtic folk/prog rock album expresses feelings of separation and loss during the Pandemic.

A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.

From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.

Announced in February and finalized at the end of April, Calvin University’s Center for Social Research is now a private consulting firm, run by the same people, just outside of the academy.

How can God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, even as a test of obedience? Isn't that cruel and a case of child abuse?