Vernon J. Ehlers, who taught at Calvin College for 17 years and later became a Michigan state legislator and a United States congressman
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More than 4,000 religious leaders have signed a letter urging Congress to maintain the Johnson Amendment
In Memoriam: Rev. Kenneth Jay Verhulst
1940-2017Ken Verhulst ministered with a passion for social justice
In Memoriam: Rev. Kenneth Vander Heide
1931-2017Kenneth Vander Heide was born in McBain, Mich., in 1931, and died on July 30
Imagine hosting 35 to 50 people for dinner once a week on a weeknight.
Indigenous Family Centre (IFC), a ministry of the Christian Reformed Church
The recent violence in Charlottesville, Va., tied to a protest over the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee,
For the second year, The River Community Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alta., is offering Discover Canada Kids Camp
Described as “a new kind of CRC event,” Inspire 2017 was two-and-a-half years in the works.
At Inspire 2017, held Aug. 3-5 in Detroit, Mich., four keynote speakers and more than a hundred other participants shared
On July 31, Marie Strassenburg, a pianist at Hope Community Christian Reformed Church in Riverside, Calif., left her part-time job
In July 14 people from the young people’s group of Beaverdam Christian Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Mich., traveled 1,000 miles
The grade 2 and 3 Sunday school students at Waterloo [Ont.] Christian Reformed Church received a visit in June
Custer, S.D., in the Black Hills was the setting for the 2017 International Camporee
On July 9, Austinville (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church celebrated its 100th anniversary
TtoKamSa Mission Christian Reformed Church in Los Angeles, Calif., hosted an event
For one group of young people, a week spent in Vancouver, B.C., could very well be their summer 2017 highlight.
Thirteen-year-old Julia LaGrand of Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church, in Grand Rapids, Mich., won the national title at The Braille Challenge reading competition
Wellsburg (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church celebrated its 150th anniversary on July 8
With “Transformation - Shining Christian Lives to the World” as the theme,
Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Waterdown, Ont., has donated the use of its vacant parsonage to Eagles Nest Association of Waterdown;
Elora VanderWal has entered several Royal Canadian Legion Literary and Art Contests,
Three Christian Reformed Church members were honored this spring with national recognition by the Word Guild,
Shortly after immigrating to Canada following World War II,