Members of Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church served up pancakes to about 1,000 people in July.
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Rev. Esteban Lugo resigned as director of the Race Relations ministry of the Christian Reformed Church,
As athletes descend on Brazil for the Rio Paralympic Summer Games in September, Drew Bremer, 21, will be among them.
The U.S. State Department warned that religion-based terrorists as well as some governments across the globe are threatening the liberties of religious minorities.
Ron Vanden Brink of Kelowna, B.C., has been appointed the new director of Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC), effective August 1
Most American churchgoers are hearing politics from the pulpits of their churches during this presidential election season, according to a new survey released this month by the Pew Research Center.
In downtown Niagara Falls, Ont., children are learning about art and social justice through a series of summer day camps run by Christian Reformed Church plant The Bridge.
In August, 108 Cadets, 36 counselors, and 16 support staff spent a week immersed in nature at Algonquin Park’s Whitefish Lake for the All-Ontario Cadet Camporee.
For a week in the middle of July, a Christian Reformed Church contingent of four—church members Israel Cooper and Thea deGroot and CRC staff Bernadette Arthur and Shannon Perez—participated in the fourth annual Reconciliation Trip
For Rev. Ed Den Haan and the Bridging Group of First Christian Reformed Church in Guelph, Ont., it was an exciting day when “our neighbors came to church yesterday.”
Reading Scripture in English and conversing about it with others is difficult for non-English speaking immigrants who attend Bible studies.
For students who want a hands-on college experience, Dordt College plans to launch a career-focused two-year degree program in fall 2017.
When Vacation Bible School (VBS) ended last week at Woody Nook CRC in Blackfalds, Alta., the children had raised over $1,600 for programs that help improve access to clean drinking water in places like Haiti and Africa.
Camp SHOUT (See Him Open Up Truth), a four-week day camp at Jubilee Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in St. Catharines, Ont., is noisy, fast, and crowded
The board of governors of Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ont., announced last week that president Hubert Krygsman is stepping down.
For more than 15 years, Criminal Justice Chaplaincy has worked with Calvin Christian Reformed Church and other churches in Grand Rapids, Mich., to mentor women recently released from prison.
Twenty participants with special needs, 20 mentors, and countless other volunteers spent last week SERVE-ing in Ottawa, Ont., Canada’s capital city.
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