Four years of funding is helping the Christian Reformed campus ministry at Grand Valley State University equip and mentor student interns for each of their ministry teams.
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As a chaplain, Bob Brummel was a listener, a comforter, and a guide to those who were suffering. He died in Grand Rapids on May 9.
Robert Graham, with a PhD in sociology from the University of Cincinnati and 10 years experience in higher Christian education leadership, was appointed as president of Redeemer University College in June.
People fleeing a crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo sought shelter in the town of Bunia. Responding churches in Bunia received support from Canadian Christian Reformed Church members.
Morris Greidanus was a sound and creative preacher who lived with love, wisdom, grace and wit.
Pastor Lloyd Hemstreet leads the Peanut Catechism at Coopersville (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church, an exuberant reciting of Reformed doctrine with lively children ages 3 to 6.
For three years, the Awakening Institute, a summer worship arts camp at Hope College in Holland, Mich., has been helping shape young worship leaders.
As the Fuego volcano erupted in Guatemala this month, a group of 34 students and leaders from Michigan and Iowa arrived for a mission trip, constructing homes and hosting a medical clinic.
A regional group of Christian Reformed churches in the Pacific Northwest gathered on June 15 to dig deeper into the doctrine of atonement with Calvin Seminary professor Ronald Feenstra.
A court ruling issued this month grants Dordt College a permanent injunction against certain requirements in the Affordable Care Act mandate.
Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Brighton, Ont., helped coordinate local church efforts to shower their neighbors with free items, carnival games, haircuts, and more.
Missionary, church planter and prison chaplain, Henk Smidstra, was a blessing to many people. He passed away in Langley Hospice on September 21, 2017.
Free weekly bingo games are part of Calvary Christian Reformed Church’s goal to “welcome people as often as possible, in every way possible” in Wyoming, Mich.
CRC leaders write that as Christians, we believe that the family is a core component to God’s structuring of society.
Perhaps because it was a synod bathed in prayer, delegates were trying out new ways of practicing unity.
Four high school graduates and one continuing student at Pease (Minn.) Christian Reformed Church are recipients of the church’s scholarship program, in its 25th year.
Abby, Paige, and Sydney Vrolyk, members of Redeemer Christian Reformed Church in Sarnia, Ont., are stocking their local food bank with snacks for kids.
Carol Bremer-Bennett, director of World Renew-U.S., brought both a call to prayer and a clarification on the status of World Renew partners working in Nicaragua to Synod 2018 of the Christian Reformed Church, the denomination’s annual general assembly.
Abuse is something that affects us all.
After some debate, the CRC agreed to work with RCA on relationships with people from non-Christian faiths.
The synod banquet is always a highlight of the week.
One classis can contact each other but not make appeals without going to synod.
Forty-three candidates for the office of Minister of the Word were welcomed with words, worship, and cake at Synod 2018.