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Adopting a Statement of Appreciation for the Bi-Nationality of the CRCNA was one of the items on the agenda of the U.S. Ministry Board of the Christian Reformed Church as it met May 8.

The Banner is grateful for 2024 professional recognition: Awards of Merit from both the Evangelical Press Association and the Associated Church Press for TheBanner.org; an Award of Excellence in Convention/Meeting Coverage from the ACP; and nine other awards in various categories.

The CRC maintains a relationship of churches in communion with 23 denominations and of churches in cooperation with 21 denominations/partners.

After a formal act of repentance to its classis, Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church in Calgary, Alta., was removed from limited suspension in March. But 54% of voting congregants had voted for disaffiliation.

Chelwood Christian Reformed Church in Albuquerque, N.M., its local elementary school, and the neighborhood association are all working together to provide students’ families with a supply of food before summer break.

John Calvin CRC in Truro, N.S., had its final worship service April 27 but its facilities will continue to be used for ministry to hurting people through N.S.-based Souls Harbour Rescue Mission.

Jerry Lion lived out his call to ministry quietly, reflecting a caring gentleness in all he did. He died April 1 from complications after a fall in January. He was 74.

First Christian Reformed Church in Lynden, Wash., established in 1900, celebrates 125 years of ministry this summer.

The annual general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church will gather in Ontario in June. Important agenda items include the ecumenical relationship with the Reformed Church in America, a task force report on virtual churches, and Calvin University’s commitment to confessional subscription.

Leonard Hofman, who served as general secretary of the ���ҵ��� from 1990 to 1994, died April 11 at age 97.

ReFrame Ministries, the ���ҵ���’s international media ministry, announced program changes April 14 closing Church Juice, Family Fire, and Think Christian, and suspending the agency’s Russian-language ministry.

Organized in 1875, Kelloggsville Christian Reformed Church in Kentwood, Mich., celebrates 150 years of ministry this year.

Supported by the Christian Reformed Church’s Thrive ministry and a ministry coach, the congregations spent the past year learning and encouraging one another to pursue specific goals related to disability inclusion.

“We are driven by the same heartbeat for the gospel, and together, we can do even more to serve the Church and societies worldwide,” said president of the Langley, B.C.-based Trinity Western University.

Canadian members in the ���ҵ��� have wanted to see and hear support from the binational denomination as economic and even sovereignty threats have come from President Trump towards Canada.

A source of joy to those around him, Wally Swets trusted fully in his heavenly Father and believed that every minute was a gift from God. He died March 27 at age 90.

Kathy Vandergrift, Philip Visser, Peter VanderZaag, and Jim Romahn—Christian Reformed Church members in Ontario—each received a King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of their community contributions.

The CRCNA's Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee recommends that Synod 2025 add a stipulation about signing the Covenant for Officebearers for RCA pastors serving CRC congregations and if that is adopted, to affirm the current status of “church in communion.”

Analysing religious demographic data from Pew Research and data on immigrant populations from advocacy group FWD.us, four co-authors conclude that more than 10 million Christian immigrants in the U.S. are now vulnerable to deportation.

Both rival factions of the military government currently at war in Sudan have vowed to eliminate all Christians in the northeastern African country.

The “Prayer Vigil for Foreign Aid" event at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church on March 11 included faith-based charitable groups such as World Renew.

As of April 1 Moses Chung will be back with Resonate Global Mission as Asia Mission Team Leader.

World Renew’s 40-year track record of working with community partners on anti-poverty initiatives in Bangladesh contributed to its recent success in being awarded a substantial grant from Global Affairs Canada.