At the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, once dubbed “the bloodiest prison in America,” the good guys are taking over.
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Fifteen students from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., helped stage a three-day vigil of prayer, fasting, and advocacy in New York Ci
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In September a synodical committee found that the leaders of First Christian Reformed Church in Toronto were acting outside the guideline
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Two Christian Reformed scientists recently collaborated on a NASA space project known as Deep Impact, though they didn’t know it at
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On Sept. 23, the chapel service at Holland (Mich.) Christian High School brought Hurricane Katrina into sharp focus.
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While sitting on the rooftop of his flooded home in Biloxi, Miss., Taun Anh Le saw a large board floating by.
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Dan Vandersteen was thankful to be home after working for two weeks in Louisana following hurricane Katrina.
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Ontario (Calif.) Christian School expelled a ninth-grade student in September when the administration learned her mother was living with
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Calls Accepted
Rev. Bruce Vaandrager of Morrison (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church to Ada (Mich.) CRC. - READ MORE
More than 1,200 “religious progressives” from across the United States gathered in Berkeley, Calif., this summer to begin bui
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An alliance of church groups in Zimbabwe is forming to aid victims of the government’s “drive out trash” campaign that
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Brother Roger, the 90-year-old leader of the Taize ecumenical community in France, was stabbed to death by a woman during a prayer servic
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Despite a scorching heat wave, 64 teens and their leaders who converged on Brampton, Ontario, for a weeklong SERVE project were eager to
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Twenty-four young people from Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Ontario put their noses to the grindstone to transform a home for a woman an
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On most service projects, you won’t find a one-to-one ratio of participants and volunteers, a full-time registered nurse who dispen
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“Out of all the years I’ve been in church and reading the Bible, I really learned to better understand the Bible,” said
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Fewer than 300 teens participated in two Youth Unlimited Summits this summer, but the important things that happen at Summit really have
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Kaycee Knochenmus from Sioux Falls, S.D.
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First Christian Reformed Church of Grand Haven, Mich., celebrates a century and a half of ministry this year.
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The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) has announced that Rev.
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When their service trip to Haiti was canceled six hours before departure, (see story above) the seven-member team from Denver’s Fir
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Six hours before they left for Haiti to help build a ministry center, a service group from First Christian Reformed Church in Denver got
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Rev. Scott E.
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In a stunning display of courage and faith, Elizabeth Woudsma visited with the Sea to Sea cyclists as they came through Kingston, Ontario