Responding to a “strong message of concern and pain,” Synod 2009 instructed the denomination’s Board of Trustees to com
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Unity, Reconciliation, and Justice is a study guide with nine study group lessons about the Belhar Confession, originally produced
The Christian Reformed Church is, for the first time in its history, proposing the adoption of a new confession: the Belhar Confession.
Synod 2009 was a real stretch.
Just months after the CRC’s director of Race Relations was made a voting member of the Ministry Council, the voice of ethnic mino
March 10, 1946 – January 22, 2009
When Synod 2009 convenes near Chicago in mid-June, the usual number of delegates will be in attendance, but there will be some changes am
A 38-member work crew from Second Christian Reformed Church in Byron Center, Mich., spent spring break in Waveland, Miss., cleaning up da
“What will you tell your grandchildren you did during the genocide in Darfur?”
In March, 100 teens from Lynden, Wash., hosted 50 inner-city Seattle teens for a weekend that included worship, paintball games, four-whe
Only the buzzing of overhead lights disturbed the hush when 834 women listened to Debbie Mayer tell of losing three daughters in a traffi
Eight members of River Terrace Christian Reformed Church in East Lansing, Mich., recently traveled to Nigeria to learn about the Nigerian
When the saints came marching in to Raybrook Chapel at Holland Home in Grand Rapids, Mich., they were dressed for the occasion.
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The Board of Trustees of the Christian Reformed Church met at the end of April with a full agenda.
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.
Across North America, congregations and other religious organizations are facing the same belt-tightening challenges as everyone else.
February 1 was Super Bowl Sunday to many, but for Providence Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., it was Souper Mission Sunday.
City Grace Church, an emerging Christian Reformed church in New York City’s Greenwich Village, was the location for the release of
Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Artesia, Calif., hosted more than 500 people at its Harvest Festival in January.