The latest numbers show that denominational ministry share giving is still down from last year.
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As 2008 gave way to 2009, a Sea to Sea bike tour was taking place in the southern hemisphere.
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) has called on all its member churches to pray for those suffering in the Middle East and t
One evening this past fall, 102 students from Toronto District Christian High School showed up to shine a light on AIDS.
Lawrence Ter Horst, 79, of Ireton (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church, was forced into retirement by a stroke.
Just six years into its football program, Holland (Mich.) Christian High School claimed the football state championship in late Nove
Half of the Christian Reformed Church’s 1,100 congregations now have a Child Safety Policy in place.
Trinity Christian College’s women’s soccer team made it to the final four in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC
A new congregation in El Paso, Texas, wanted a bigger launch than a typical new church plant.
From Transcona CRC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Candidate Henry J. Reyenga.
A few years ago GEMS church clubs for girls began making news when they entered the pinewood derbies long considered Cadet-only territory
Covenant Christian Reformed Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, celebrated its 100th anniversary in late November.
Rain fell for three straight days in Munster, Ind., last September, causing the Little Calumet River to overflow.
In light of the financial crisis enveloping the United States, and, to a lesser extent, Canada, denominational officials are taking a pro
Youth group members and leaders of First Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, simulated the plight of homeless people when they spen
A Florida church is asking baby boomers to consider joining their ministry as self-supported missionaries.
At Iglesia El Buen Samaritano (Good Samaritan CRC) in Miami, Fla., raising money and food for the city’s disadvantaged people isn&r
William Spoelhof, who was president of Calvin College for 25 years, passed away in his sleep Dec. 3, 2008.
The top Washington lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals, who had already faced criticism for his embrace of environmenta
The church has to be careful that baptismal renewal ceremonies do not resemble baptism and that they are not perceived by the person rene
Church leaders from around the globe met in December in Washington, D.C., to discuss their hopes for the Obama administration and their w
Slightly more than half of U.S.
Rev. Robert A. Schuller has resigned as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Southern California after his father, the Rev.
United in their aversion to the liberal drift of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada, a group of conservatives in Dece