Rev. Rick Admiraal’s first pastoral charge will find him behind bars in Iowa.
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CRC Board of Trustees says future hires must align with goal of 25 percent racial diversity in senior leadership.
Beth Swagman resigns as director of the CRC’s Safe Church Ministry; committee cites budget constraints as reason.
Kari and Chad Bonnema gave birth to their own adopted twins through embryo adoption.
Rev. Duane Kelderman is leaving his post as vice president at Calvin Theological Seminary this summer.
A classis in the U.S. is offering subsidies to attract theologically conservative seminarians to intern in their region.
Discovery CRC has adopted a block near their church. They’ll donate food, host events, and pray for the community.
Software developer Aaron Eisses used $10 and his design talents to create an Apple app that will benefit his church.
In Memoriam: Rev. John Vander Lugt
April 18, 1926 – December 19, 2010Rev.
Rev. Moses Chung has been appointed to lead Christian Reformed Home Missions.
A nine-year-old from East Saugatuck will be the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Michigan Goodwill Ambassador for 2011.
Like Cinderella, the musicians who jam at The Bridge Community Christian Reformed Church all have to be home before curfew.
Rev. James Kim built a successful youth ministry by starting from scratch.
By the grace of God and a few good men from a Montana CRC, ex-prisoner Richard Stewart made a successful transition from prison to life on the outside.
For Rev. David Vroege and his family, stewardship of creation, money, and health meant giving up their car.
A crafters’ group in California uses its hobby to help teens in crisis.
For an Alberta youth pastor, hosting a weekly radio program ties together his love of radio with his love of ministry.
Two California churches build prefab houses in the church parking lot before delivering them to Mexico.
Using technology normally intended for prisoners to make video appearances in court, an Illinois church worshiped with inmates of Angola Prison.
When news got out about what Rev. John Van Sloten was preaching on, protesters turned up outside the church.
An old McDonalds building gets transformed into a weightlifting gym with a side order of youth ministry.
Members of an Ontario church are helping sell Honduran coffee and ensure fair wages for growers.
A new church plant in Byron Center is drawing women from its neighborhood by offering Zumba fitness classes.
Aurora church designs worship for and with teens.