Chris Pullenayegem has been appointed as the first director of the Christian Reformed Church’s new Leadership Exchange.
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While cycling on the Christian Reformed Church’s Sea to Sea 2008 bike tour, Jim Beezhold was inspired by two urban ministries he vi
Dustin Attema, Josh Feikema, and Ben Attema have earned the top honor of the Calvinist Cadet Corps—the Servant Leader Award.
Cadets from two Illinois Christian Reformed churches hauled away trucks full of garbage during their annual cleanup of the Wolfe Wildlife
A night spent sleeping on the street in a cardboard box helped sensitize 15 students to the issues of hunger and homelessness.
A survey of neighborhood needs prompted a Miami Lakes, Fla., congregation to start a domestic-violence support group.
On one recent Sunday afternoon, children climbed, swung, and slid on two colorful and strong playground structures in East Vancouver, Bri
One hundred eighty Calvinist Cadet Corps counselors, spouses, and children converged on West Des Moines, Iowa, for the 2009 Calvinist Cad
Athens (Ontario) Christian Reformed Church invited the public into its historical building in May as part of a province-wide historical p
In April, Ministry Associate Michelle DePooter welcomed chaplains Rev.
Curling, snowshoeing, board games, an art gallery visit—these were some of the activities Christian Reformed pastors in the Ottawa,
The girls’ soccer team from Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Mich., landed its fifth consecutive state soccer title in D
Kalamazoo (Mich.) Christian High School won the state championship in two different academic competitions this year.
Reaching kids through sports is a passion of Rev.
Tim Ruiter, 12, spelled psittacosis, passacaglia, byssinosis, cretonne, jacqueminot, reredos, oriflamme, and sophrosyne correctly.
Four students from Unity Christian High School in Orange City, Iowa, won first-place honors at the regional Eastern South Dakota Science
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The Korean Council of Christian Reformed Churches met in May for its 26th annual meeting. Pictured here are its newly elected officers.
Meetings of CRC classes (regional groups of churches) are usually attended only by adults.
Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to meetings of classis, their regional group of churches.
The Christian Reformed Church’s Canadian Ministries Director, Rev.
The Diaconal Network formed by six Christian Reformed churches in the Paterson, N.J., area, is offering basic and intermediate English as
Jordan Staal, 20, a member of First Christian Reformed Church in Thunder Bay, Ontario, has brought home what for most boys is an una
What started out as high hopes for the Vancouver Canucks hockey team in the playoffs for the Stanley Cup ended in an explosion of generos