What started out as the initiative of a British Columbia church turned into a project with the whole community.
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In Matthew 25:36 Jesus says, “I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
Palos Heights (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church is taking a deeper look into the problem of racism
In Memoriam: Rev. James Peter Vosteen
1931-2016A man of great humility, Peter Vosteen loved to preach and to teach others to preach.
In Memoriam: Rev. Jack Westerhof
1938-2016Jack Westerhof was a patient listener gifted with empathy, compassion, humility, and open-mindedness.
There began his epic 750-mile (1200-kilometre) solo journey from the South Pole to the Antarctic Coast.
As Anza D’Antonio read about people in Syria being subjected to daily bombings, ISIS brutality, and chlorine gas attacks,
As 2016 drew to a close, Rev. Dongil Kim, pastor of The Abundant Life Korean Christian Reformed Church in Los Angeles, Calif., was concerned
In Memoriam: Rev. Adrian Van Giessen
1959 -2016Adrian Van Giessen was a gifted and natural leader who sought out and cultivated the potential in others.
It might seem odd for a Christian school community in rural British Columbia to invite a world-renowned speaker
On the third Monday of every month, you’ll find a group of knitters
The men and women labeled as “forgotten” who walk Aurora Avenue in Seattle, Wash., facing homelessness or drug addiction,
When an extreme weather advisory threatened people who live on the street,
On the Seabreeze dairy farm in Delta, B.C., nothing goes to waste, including manure
In Memoriam: Rev. Henry (Hank) Zwaanstra
1936-2016A caring, loving, compassionate, sensitive, and committed husband,
He had done it before, after Tucson, Aurora, Fort Hood, and Sandy Hook: taken on the mantle of the pastor-in-chief
The National Council of Churches and several other Christian organizations have released a statement
Martha Pewee had been in the United States for about 10 years with her husband,
The United States Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s,
Despite inclement weather, more than 100 people gathered at Rehoboth (N.M.)
Rev. Shawn Sikkema joked that a good attention-grabbing headline for this story could be “Former megachurch pastor and wife now live among homeless.”
For the last 20 years, Dr. Greidanus, an orthopedic surgeon, has organized and raised funds for Operation Esperanza.