Wouldn’t it be wonderful if each and every home received a personal invitation to worship this Christmas?
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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 㽶Ƶ Service. Send news tips to news@thebanner.org.
Native American and other religious leaders including Christian denominations called the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to deny an easement
After 25 years of separation, Tamba Biango and his mother, Sarah Mani Chanibue, were reunited
Approximately 120 friends and supporters of the Edmonton Native Healing Centre gathered on October 27 to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
The Gathering Place in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been reaching out in word and deed for more than 30 years by offering Bible studies,
More than 600 guests arrived at Central Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., on November 21 for an Interfaith Thanksgiving celebration.
President-elect Donald Trump will spend much of the time until his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017, composing his new administration.
Each year during the holiday season,
In Memoriam: Rev. Martin Stegink
1927-2016Martin Stegink was a lover of nature who reveled in the beauty of God’s creation.
In Memoriam: Rev. Chester Marciel Schemper
1918 - 2016Chester Schemper was a passionate, positive, hard-working man of faith whose love, joy, and gratitude profoundly affected those around him.
College and university students affiliated with Jubilee Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in St. Catharines, Ont., have come to expect an early Christmas present
Joanne De Jonge’s first Banner article, “Mooncakes and Motorcycles,” appeared in the August 16, 1968 issue. Her final one, “Stargazing,” appeared this week.
“Our Lives: Voices of Westview Centre4Women” opened this November with two evening performances
On Nov. 8-10, women married to pastors found an oasis of grace in San Diego, Calif., at the annual Pastors’ Wives Conference.
Canadian researchers are revisiting a hotly debated sociological question: Why do some churches decline while others succeed?
In Memoriam: Rev. Kenneth Prol
1951 - 2016Kenneth Prol was a man with a passion for bringing everyone he met closer to God.
This year toward the end of October, around 100 costume-clad kids in South Indianapolis were immersed in a world of candy
Anita Joldersma says she was “bitten by the laundry soap bug.”
A 10-year-old boy’s life was tragically cut short on the rainy night of November 2.
This fall, Korean college students and other young adults gathered in Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor, Mich., for the Faith and Work Forums for Korean college students.
In Memoriam: Rev. Henry B. VandenHeuvel
1937-2016A conference exploring the intersection of faith and disability
About 140 people came to Geneva House for an “Open Talk about Pornography.”