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Hope Unexpected, an eight-year-old organization serving young single mothers in Byron Center, Mich., opened a second location in January. Now they’ve adapted their approach to continue supporting families.

Wilma Van Schelven, a member of Maranatha Christian Reformed Church in Belleville, Ont., said her congregation’s city-wide food drive began with the Holy Spirit’s prompting.

A letter released May 11 includes 23 Christian leaders requesting that upcoming American Coronavirus economic stimulus legislation include measures to ensure “an inclusive and fair voting process” this fall.

At its May meeting the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates approved a “skeleton plan” for restructuring along American and Canadian lines, as first discussed in February.

The Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates met via teleconference May 6 and 7, hearing reports and taking action on several items.

Speaking at the CRC's Council of Delegates May meeting, Classis Red Mesa delegate Stanley Jim shared difficult stories of the effect of COVID-19 among Navajo people in New Mexico and Arizona.

First Christian Reformed Church and Shalom CRC in Sioux Falls, S.D., are both part of Corona Help Sioux Falls, an online resource connecting help from the city's churches with people in need.

Here’s how Trinity Christian College; the Institute for Christian Studies; and Dordt, Calvin, The King’s, and Redeemer universities are marking commencement 2020.

The Christian Reformed Church’s Canada Corporation, the Canadian portion of the church’s governance body, has approved a proposal for a three-year process to build reconciliation with Indigenous communities.

Project Hope 3:16, an effort by Heritage Christian Reformed Church in Byron Center, Mich., is encouraging people and pointing them to God during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Psalm 40 Project at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., features interviews with church members to hear how God is at work in their lives.

Josh Friend, pastor of Evergreen Community Church in Fort McMurray, Alta., talks to The Banner about his city’s situation.

Five Christian Reformed congregations near Chatham, Ont., have been creating online worship services together since the implementation of physical-distancing guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19.

While deferring most of the Agenda for Synod 2020 to the following year’s synod, a special June meeting of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates will process some time-sensitive matters.

Holland Christian Homes is a complex of seniors residences in Brampton, Ont. Its two long-term care manors have cases of COVID-19. The community, and its pastors, are showing care and resilience.

The Banner has received five higher goals awards for devotional, editorial, fiction, and feature articles published in 2019.

Visionary pastor and mentor Rev. Yong Kyu Shin, who devoted his life to preaching, teaching, and mission-focused life, died March 12. He was 78.

From sewing to singing, members of Borculo Christian Reformed Church in Zeeland, Mich., are using the gift of time during COVID-19 isolation.

Two Christian Reformed congregations in correctional facilities are experiencing different effects of COVID-19 restrictions.

Rev. Taehoo Lee, pastor of the emerging Christian Reformed congregation North Philly Community Church, was the guest speaker in an online missional forum for Korean pastors.

Pastor, professor, writer, translator, editor and Holy Land tour guide, Sierd Woudstra died March 22. He was 92.

Youth groups and children's ministries within Christian Reformed congregations are meeting the challenge of COVID-19 lockdown measures with creativity.

The Table, an emerging Christian Reformed church in Denver, Colo., adapted two spring planting traditions to keep physical distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic.