The Banner

One of the sweet promises of Scripture is God’s guidance.

It began on a long wooden pew.

As part of our commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, The Banner asked Ronald J.

Health

Q I recently delivered twins who had Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Thank You

Just finished the September Banner, and it was one of the best ever.

At Synod 2009, several delegates said that adopting the Belhar Confession as one of our doctrinal standards will help us face racism, one

Thanks, Guys!

I was a Calvinist Cadet for four years. I failed the program. Here are my only significant accomplishments:

A statement issued by the Calvin College board of trustees, addressing how faculty and staff may write and speak about homosexuality, tou

U.S.

A South African church that was suspended from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982 because of its support for apartheid is &l

The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) marked its first five years with a synodical meeting and the election of a new moderator,

Church Nursery Safe Practices

Consider including the following in your written policies:

• Write and enforce a policy regarding the care of children, indicating who may serve as volunteers.
• Assign additional volunte

A child abduction at a Kentwood, Mich., church highlights the need for churches to have comprehensive child-safety policies and procedu

Construction began on a bar in a small town. The local church started a campaign of prayers and petitions to stop it.

Swelling with pride, a mother was all too glad to tell me recently how well her daughter is faring in her graduate studies at a prestigio

My son doesn’t go to church anymore because he thinks God is a myth.”

Pastor Stu’s first clue that it might be a long Monday came in an e-mail from Jane, one of the deacons at Friendly CRC.

Cake. Ice cream. Candles. Presents. All of these items together in one place can mean only one thing—a birthday!

Is it wrong to be proud of the Christian Reformed Church?

Oil

“Fill the earth and subdue it”
(Gen. 1:28).

Health

Q I recently delivered twins who had Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.