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I loved Jacob Eppinga’s “Preachers” (Cabbages and Kings, January 2007).

In August 2007 the Lord said to my family, “Leave your friends and country and go to the land I will show you.

The last person in the world who would want us to make a big deal out of his 500th birthday is John Calvin himself.

Have you ever met a person who seems incredibly attuned to others?

When Renata da Silva Moura learned that she had cancer, she thought her life was over.

Got any great ideas for a new Christian Reformed Church ministry or a new way in which to expand a CRC ministry or program that is alread

The future success and health of the CRC lies in engaging youth in relevant ministries and in giving them ownership of those ministr

Organ music may have a reputation as being dull or dirge-like, but John Hamersma has set out to prove that it doesn’t have to be th

This summer I rode my bike—but not just around the campground or to the nearest ice cream shop.

The pace of change is swift at Calvin Theological Seminary right now, just as it is at many congregations.

The most exciting part of being at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) is seeing and hearing “God stories”—the stories of

Allan Boesak, a church leader and former anti-apartheid activist, presented a lengthy report on homosexual members to his church, the Uni

In Canada, bishops of the Anglican Church are deferring requests to approve blessings of same-sex unions, while in the United States two

In the past two years the number of people living in extreme poverty has grown by 100 million and the number of hungry people has increas

After the killing of 14 Christians in the northern city of Mosul in the past few weeks, the Middle Eastern Council of Churches is calling

Regularly attending religious services may significantly reduce the risk of death, according to a comprehensive study by researchers at Y

Senior Pastor Doug Ripley looked at Decatur Baptist Church’s books and quickly realized the annual budget was totally out of whack.

Archaeologists have discovered Martin Luther’s kitchen trash, revealing new personal information about the father of the Protestant

Due to the election of Barack Obama and Democratic gains in Congress, some U.S.

Entering Ordained Ministry

In 2008 the following seminary graduates were examined and approved for ministry in the CRC: Peter Arm

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.

For the first time in the history of Holland (Mich.) Christian High School, the women’s volleyball team captured the state champion