Advent is a time of waiting—waiting for the Christ-child to be born.
Our Shared Ministry
Our Shared Ministry is a place to hear, discuss, and celebrate the ministry that we, as the Christian Reformed Church, are involved in across North America and around the world.
“Leadership is serving and equipping others to serve in the body of Christ.”
Aisha (not her real name) was just 15 years old when her parents came to her with the news that they had arranged for her to be married.
Steve Timmermans, executive director of the CRC, is inviting all of those who are involved in ministry in their local churches to consider attending Inspire 2017
As the youth coordinator for more than 60 churches in the Christian Reformed Church of Sierra Leone, Rev. Alpha Kargbo faces the familiar challenge of engaging young people in the church.
There was a baptism in our church during a recent Sunday morning worship service.
Lauren Newhuis was first inspired to pursue her profession by an unlikely character—King Nebuchadnezzar.
Jaewoo Jeong did not have the opportunity to experience the love and faithfulness of an earthly father.
"I've probably had more opportunities to engage in missional ministry here in three months than in 11 years prior,”
When Roland Vanderburg prepared to live and serve in El Salvador, he was warned not to carry two of anything—because the people there are so enterprising that they would want to buy one of them from him.
Cordarrell Sims joined two other inmates in performing the popular praise song “Agnus Dei” during worship at Celebration Fellowship inside the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich.
With fall ministry season in full swing, many Christian Reformed congregations are taking advantage of the newly launched CRC Digital Library to support their church's ministries.
Pastor Church Resources, formerly called Pastor-Church Relations, is expanding programs of healing and prevention for ministers, church staff, councils, and congregations.
A recent conference at Calvin Theological Seminary gave some of the seminary's new faculty members a chance to join a well-known Reformed theologian in connecting their areas of expertise to the ministry of the church.
With the help of several partners, Calvin College is taking an interdisciplinary approach in improving the health of a watershed in the West Michigan area.
Seventeen-year-old Assétou lives in a remote village in Burkina Faso, 60 kilometers from its capital city of Ouagadougou.
“Look at your denomination and at those around you, and you will notice a lot of drifting and shifting. Drifting is generally unintentional and shifting is generally intentional.”
For most students, Mondays are accompanied by groans and hurried wishes for the day to be over.
- September 1, 2016| |
Kuptong knows a thing or two about a crushed spirit.
When Calvin Seminary students receive their scholarship awards in September, they will be getting more than dollars toward their tuition.