Facing the future of the Christian Reformed Church was the topic that brought 250 people to a conference in Grand Rapids, Mich., in Septe
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Harderwyk Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, while Providence CRC, also in Holland,
While the whole denomination celebrated its 150th anniversary, First Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., also celebrated it
So many gifts, so many people, so many generations.
Two thousand Christian Reformed Church members gathered at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., in October to celebrate God&rsq
Churches in northcentral Iowa celebrated the Christian Reformed Church’s 150th birthday with worship services in Parkersburg Sept.
For five years now 200 members of Orland Park (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church gather in mid-December to assemble Christmas gift baskets
Each year when the Lighted Farm Implement Parade is held in Sunnyside, Wash., members of Sunnyside Christian Reformed Church are on hand
Fellowship, Christmas carols, communion, and homemade treats—these are a few of their favorite things.
For the past decade, Maria and Pieter Vlaming brave the wind and cold to deliver Christmas parcels to truck drivers who have to be out on
Every year at Avery Street Christian Reformed Church in South Windsor, Conn., Sunday school children decorate a tree with Chrismons.
In December 2004, Banner Editor Bob DeMoor urged readers to “get his goat.” To date, more than 5,500 readers have respo
With members hailing from 31 different nations, South Kendall Community Christian Reformed Church had good reason to celebrate All Nation
While firefighters sought to squelch the deadly wildfires across thousands of acres of Southern California, the Christian Reformed World
The closure of a rural church in southern Ontario has split families and grieved churches across Classis Chatham (a regional group of chu
For the past five years the young people of Valley Christian Reformed Church in Binghamton, N.Y., have staged a live nativity for the com
A play about gay Christians, written by Calvin College drama professor Stephanie Sandberg, sold out on its opening night in September and
Rev. Bernard T. Haan
Nov. 14, 1921 – Aug. 27, 2007
Nov. 1, 1930 – June 21, 2007
Seven student interns from Calvin Theological Seminary explored the dynamics of urban ministry through an internship in Chicago last summ
Hannah Elzinga, 20, and Jennifer Vanden Akker, 19, found exuberant faith among youths in Cuba when they attended a two-week youth retreat
How do isolated church communities survive and thrive?
Eleven members of Seattle’s First Christian Reformed Church joined hands with their South African sister church, Evaton Noord, not
For the first time in its short existence, the Returning Church movement held an event outside of West Michigan.