Seventy-seven years after his death in Europe during World War II, the family of Private First Class Donald Hofman, including his younger brother, former CRC general secretary Leonard Hofman, interred his remains in a military funeral.
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Stories from people, congregations and ministries of the CRCNA, reported by The Banner's news editor and a team of regular correspondents and Church Worldwide news from the Religion ҵ Service. Send news tips to news@thebanner.org.
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Starting from a connection between friends and an affinity in Reformed theology, 38 Venezuelan churches are in the process of joining the ҵ via Classis California South.
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Whether serving as pastor, missionary, church planter, or ministering in his retirement years, Ramon Borrego lived humbly and practiced hospitality. He died Aug. 31 at age 92.
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The appointed Dignity Team for the ҵ is now available, and regional groups of congregations are beginning to collect feedback on the proposed implementation of a denomination Code of Conduct.
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Christian Reformed Church members from across Canada met for a virtual conversation Saturday, Sept. 24.
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Serving for 30 years as a chaplain in the U.S. Army, John Hoogland earned the rank of colonel and in retirement served as an associate pastor. He died Sept. 4 at age 88.
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Inspired by their pastor’s sermon on Jesus’ parable of the great banquet, the congregation of ClearView Christian Reformed Church in Oakville, Ont., hosted guests from five community groups to ‘taste the life we were made and meant for.’
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Criteria for being on the list include filing for or receiving a religious exemption under Title IX, a civil rights in education law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
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Recognizing the changing makeup of their neighborhood, the congregation of Lee Street Christian Reformed Church in Wyoming, Mich., turned its annual BASH into a celebration of neighbors’ homelands.
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A week’s worth of celebratory activities marked 150 years of “God’s grace, goodness, and faithfulness” for Vogel Center Christian Reformed Church in McBain, Mich.
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Responses of more than 100 Christian ministry leaders in the U.S. are captured in a new report. Other pastors shared their experiences of pandemic ministry in a Sept. 1 webinar timed with the report’s release.
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Generation Z (ages 5-24) is marked by an outlook of hopelessness and despair, says campus pastor Ryan Farrell. He supervised the development of a resource to help understand and reach this group.
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Queen Elizabeth II, who died Sept. 8, bore the title Supreme Governor of Britain's established church. While her bishops managed the church’s affairs, she often spoke about her faith, explaining how it provided the framework of her life.
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Citing hopes to better serve congregations, break down “ministry silos,” and reduce overall financial costs, the Christian Reformed Church is reorganizing staff of race relations, diversity, chaplaincy, disability concerns, faith formation, pastor church resources, safe church, social justice, and worship ministries into cross-ministry teams.
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A faithful pastor in the Christian Reformed Church for almost 60 years, Ken Havert touched the lives of many people with his genuine kindness. He died August 4 at age 89.
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The association’s report “Loving the Least of These: Addressing a Changing Environment” lays out the biblical basis for environmental activism.
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ThereforeGo Ministries’ annual SERVE had about half of pre-pandemic attendees but many first-time participants in their 2022 return to youth mission trips.
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Leaders of Toronto, Ont.-based The Meeting House call conduct of former pastor Bruxy Cavey sexual abuse, apologize for ‘not using more defined language’ earlier.
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A group of pastors, scholars, and church leaders from the ҵ offering “a biblical rebuttal to cultural ideas” hosted the Convention of Confessional Christian Reformed Churches Aug. 2-3. It had 120 attendees from 22 regional groups of CRCs.
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Dream Cuisines, a newcomer women's food business program in Vancouver, B.C., was born out of a food and story sharing project by Trixie Ling. It’s on its second cohort.
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Legal action or the threat of it represents a new strategy on behalf of churches that want to join the new Global Methodist Church, a new denomination launched largely over differing beliefs regarding the ordination and marriage of LGBTQ members.
In Memoriam: Rev. John George Van Ryn
1931-2022READ MOREPatient, humble, kind, and a gracious listener, John Van Ryn was a peacemaker who was able to stay calm in difficult situations. He died July 1 at age 90.
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Tim Bossenbroek, pastor of Hessel Park Christian Reformed Church in Champaign, Ill., was one of the organizers of Guns to Garden Tools, a community anti-violence event July 29-30.
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Still leading a weekly online Bible study and participating in the annual meeting of the Christian Community Development Association that he helped to organize decades before, John Perkins continues to mobilize Christian communities.