What started as an outreach to young men and women playing basketball in the church parking lot has grown to an annual three-on-three tourna
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Today sports challenge the participation of families in church activities.
Loop Church in Chicago embraced the annual Dragon Boat Race at Ping Tom Park in Chinatown this year as an outreach opportunity.
Rev. Jacob H. Binnema Sr.
1921 – 2007
The noise level rises after 3:30 p.m., when middle school students charge into the church building.
Sixty-six bikers from 11 Classis Wisconsin churches celebrated the Christian Reformed Church’s 150th anniversary by biking nearly 1
Two of the Christian Reformed Church’s three congregations in Kansas, Luctor CRC and Dispatch CRC, joined denominational 150th anni
When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast two years ago, the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee joined with many other reli
Rev. Farquhar J. Mac Leod
1929 - 2007
In center from left, Rev. Jerry Hoek with Rev. Joseph Murupus in Marich, Kenya.
Two West Michigan camps with Christian Reformed connections are involving kids with special needs in the camping fun.
Richard Nolen of Tucson, Ariz., gave his daughter Brittney (Nolen) Kiel a ride she’ll never forget. The day: July 29.
Dedicated to helping congregations live out the statement “Everybody belongs, everybody serves,” the Christian Reformed Churc
When Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., paid off its building debt in 2006, it launched a Year of Jubilee to rais
The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Christian High boy’s golf team captured its third straight state title last spring, with a definite Christia
Rev. Orwin W. Duistermars
1922 – 2007
Rev. Clarence Boomsma
1917 – 2007
Disaster Response Services of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee has signed a partnership agreement with Reformed Church World
In late July the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that deadly clashes between the ethnic group
Churches from Classis Minnkota (a regional group of congregations) gathered in Edgerton, Minn., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
If a group of 45 people who gathered in Washington, D.C., have their way, Christian Reformed congregations are going to hear a lot more a
Rev. Gerald J. Postma
1921 – 2007
Some seminarians at Calvin Theological Seminary breathed a sigh of relief when a 12-percent reduction in their course load was announced
In March 2006 Laurel Wallinga, 24, a registered nurse at Zeeland (Mich.) Hospital, began to pray for an opportunity to serve in the medic