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The Christian Reformed Church is, for the first time in its history, proposing the adoption of a new confession: the Belhar Confession.

Synod 2009 was a real stretch.

Grace and Gratitude—Your Stories

The following is not a joke—we simply wanted to place it where we know you’d r

A former student wrote to me recently:

Q. What do you believe concerning the ‘holy catholic church’?

Relationships

Q  I have a friend who takes advantage of my willingness to help her o

Last week I unintentionally drove past Edmonton’s dump.

So it’s summertime, and school’s out.     Are you BORED yet?

Riding in the car with my mother, I learned at least one thing—she did not want me to die.

How do you picture God when you pray to him?

I remember being asked that question many years ago in a small group.

I muffle my cries in the pillow so my children will not hear me: “Jesus, Jesus, Lord, please help me!”

In these pages you will find the annual presentation of candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church.

In this Banner you will read about Synod 2009, starting on page 30.

Just months after the CRC’s director of Race Relations was made a voting member of the Ministry Council, the voice of ethnic mino

March 10, 1946 – January 22, 2009

While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, a mother often took her 4-year-old daughter on her afternoon

Last July 4 weekend I came across the following church announcement:

If I had to choose only two concepts from John Calvin’s vast theology to teach my spiritual heirs, I’d choose piety and relig

As I lie awake each night in Iraq, I ache with homesickness for the abundant water, the evergreen trees, the peaceable mountains, the lus

What are your favorite spring and summer smells? Lilacs? Freshly-cut grass? Rain? Grilled hamburgers?

Creation Care

Q Every time I hear about environmental issues I feel guilty and unable to

“Nathaniel Van Denend is fasting from Facebook. See you when the Son comes up.”

Recently The Banner asked Rev. Ken Baker and Rev.