About a dozen members of Awake Church in Seattle, Wash., gathered to be equipped as hosts—to ensure that everyone who enters their doors feels welcome and supported.
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The March 24 protest against gun violence, held in Washington, DC, included participation by some faith groups, ‘praying with their feet.’
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Leaders of Classis Minnkota and denominational staff of the Christian Reformed Church all agreed that it was good to meet face to face to talk about the blog.
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A long-running collaboration between The River Christian Reformed Church and Lugonia Elementary School in Redlands, Calif., has earned the partners recognition from the California School Boards Association.
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About 50 people met together March 10 to focus on facing the new realities of life after 30 to 40 years of work experiences.
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Lucknow Community Christian Reformed Church has served as a pick-up venue for the Good Food Box program for more than 15 years.
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“Sermons a la carte” connects Christians from different traditions once a week throughout Lent.
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Members of Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Grandville, Mich., and members of Rosedale Park Baptist Church in Detroit met, talked, and prayed together about race and faith.
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In Waterloo, Ont., church members from multiple regions heard from public educators and discussed how to create safer communities.
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Church in the ‘middle of everywhere’ adds new gymnasium to its welcoming spaces, offering basketball and children’s drop-in play to start.
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Having served more than 30 years as a pastor, missionary, chaplain, and counselor, Harry Van Dam, died on Feb. 4 at 86.
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional grouping of churches.
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Ben Glenn's presentations aim to help students learn more about themselves and be inspired by God's plan for their lives.
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Ada Cook, 12, a member of First Hamilton (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church, led in prayer at the February 21 prayer breakfast in Toronto.
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Three youth pastors at CRC congregations in Kalamazoo, Mich., swapped youth groups for two weeks in February, breaking up a winter lull and reaching youth with a new story.
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Albert Vanden Pol touched many people with his pastoral heart and gentle spirit. He died on January 24 in Surrey, B.C.
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Madison Church, a multi-site Christian Reformed congregation in Grand Rapids, Mich., retold the biblical story of creation, sin, salvation, and redemption with its multicultural production of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 book God’s Trombones.
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It was a full agenda for the Council of Delegates in February, including discussions about classis renewal, church planting and evangelism, ministry priorities, and tough budgets.
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The Lord must breathe life into the dry bones of his church (Ezek. 37) and give it a passion for evangelism and church planting. The question is, do we want it?
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Ministry priorities for the Christian Reformed Church are up against tough budget realities of decreased denominational ministry income.
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Syd Hielema: “It’s not about keeping curriculum alive but embedding curriculum as one part of a faith formation immersive environment.”
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Billy Graham, a religious phenomenon who became a household name and preached to multitudes of people across the globe, died Wednesday after more than a half-century of ministry.
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Travel bans and changes to the numbers of refugee admissions under the Trump administration have affected many Christian and faith-based resettlement organizations in the U.S.