Not long ago, Belinda Phelan was so angry at God she stopped going to church and hid her Bible. Today she is on fire for the Lord.
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.
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More Than the Sum of Our PartsI finally managed to get my kitchen stool glued back together again—and it’s as good as new.
What can $4,000 do? In North America it can buy a 1999 Ford Escort with 100,000 miles on it.
Hundreds of people gathered in Foria, Sierra Leone, in February to celebrate the newest addition to the family of Christian Reformed chur
Mariama’s Story
by Kristin Niehof with Cal and Jamie HoflandThis story is about one woman’s physical and spiritual healing. But it is also much bigger.
When Rev.
When 150 students, faculty, and staff members from Calvin Theological Seminary gathered in December for a panel discussion on issues of g
“[Our] editors kept hearing the same thing,” says Bob De Moor, former theological editor at Faith Alive Christian Resources.
A life of faith is not only knowing about God, it is knowing God.
As a young boy, Calvin College philosophy professor Lee Hardy learned valuable lessons when he worked for his dad at the family-owned dru
In last month’s Church@Work I addressed the need for developing leaders for service in the church.
Bertha “Bert” Verkaik remembers driving with her father 60 years ago and listening to “The Back to God Hour” on t
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Looking in the Rearview MirrorWhy is it that we go “back and forth” and not “forth and back?” Why do we tell someone to “go ahead, back u
Deadly Beauty
How the Church Helped Halt the Blood Diamond TradeWhen violence erupted in Sierra Leone in the early 1990s, missionaries Paul and Mary Kortenhoven didn’t take it very seriously at f
Vince Apostol (far right), the pioneer and “father” of the Christian Reformed Church’s ministries in the Philippines, w
Small-church Sunday schools face special challenges: low numbers mean any absence is felt; the wide range of kids means few are at the sa
The Christian Reformed Church and its institutions have produced many leaders in business, education, medicine, the arts, and other secto
Can a parachute be used liturgically?
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We’re here because the Lord put us here, and we love it.”
If not for a small devotional booklet called TODAY, Ella Sue Watkins might never have been born.
LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Through partnerships with the congregations, classes, and members of the Christian Reformed Church, Home Missions is helping to create vi
Thirty years ago, 13-year-old Hirotsugu Mochida was struggling. His family was having hard times, and he needed hope.
“I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husban