Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classes, regional groups of churches. Actions of classes in the past several months include two completed disaffiliations, several pastors released from ministry, and overtures going to Synod 2025.
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In Memoriam: Rev. Gary Peter Hutt
1937-2025READ MOREA farm boy who God made into a pastor, Gary Hutt, served seven churches during his ministry. He died Feb. 22 at age 87.
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We live in a time that encourages anything and everything but reflection.
Deep Roots, Good Fruit: Seeing the Fruit of the Spirit through Story & Scripture
By Kristin Elizabeth CouchREAD MOREBy combining memorable stories with rich meditations on Scripture, Kristin Couch encourages readers to see that God is at work even in life’s mundane moments.
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Small Things Like These is an artful Irish movie about large matters.
Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry
By Beth Allison BarrREAD MOREIn Becoming the Pastor's Wife, Barr draws on her experience and her academic expertise to trace the history of the role of the pastor's wife, showing how it both helped and hurt women in conservative Protestant traditions.
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The Facebook page of Center Grove Church in Greenwood, Ind., is filling up with beautiful images and daily scriptural reflections as Pastor Art DeBruyn works his way through 1,000 days of devotions.
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The Family Fire team addresses struggles that often go unspoken—challenges in marriage, parenting, and spiritual growth—while reminding believers of God’s unfailing love.
All Joy
By Natalie LayneREAD MOREAn ebullient record connects listeners to joy in the Lord.
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Psychologists suggest that empathy is crucial in helping people who are struggling. Can we truly love our neighbor as ourselves if we do not have some level of empathy?
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Here’s how I approach making new friends at church.
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I spied a mother and her two little boys pushing a loaded cart toward the exit.
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Jesus told us how to handle our differences, and it’s not chaotic or complicated.
A Sea of Gold: A Ukrainian Family's Story through the Generations
By Patricia PolaccoREAD MOREBeloved and bestselling storyteller Patricia Polacco draws on her Ukrainian heritage in this picture book following one family’s history through the generations and the powerful bond of their love.
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Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman forges an unlikely but profound friendship with a popular student. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship reaches a crossroad.
From Wilderness to Glory: Lent and Easter for Everyone
By N. T. WrightREAD MOREThink, pray, and reflect through the stories of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrectio
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In over 13 years of serving as a food distribution hub Akron (Ohio) Christian Reformed Church’s The Landing has transformed the congregation, becoming more aware of the poor and working to provide for community needs.
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Generally, a decline in American religiousness observed since at least 2007 has slowed over the past four to five years, Pew Research shows in its 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
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“The massive cutting of foreign aid to those most in need, and from many faith-based organizations supplying it is a gospel issue for us that we must speak to,” reads one of the letters from faith groups.
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“Unless women tell their stories, someone else will tell it their way.”
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Accountability is best when it happens in a relationship and carries with it a commitment to walk with the person or group being held accountable.
Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman's Journey with Depression and Faith
By Monica ColemanREAD MOREA theologian with bipolar disorder writes a complex and riveting memoir.
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A comedic podcast about finding God in Alaska
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It happened in an instant at a moment when I least expected it.