World Renew has appointed Bob Laarman as director of Disaster Response Services (DRS)
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In Memoriam: Rev. Clarence John Vos
1920-2016Patient and kind as well as intellectually and spiritually curious, Clarence Vos was a gifted teacher who enjoyed sharing what he knew
Synod 2016, the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church, is a few months past.
Plans for some of the regional gatherings announced by the Christian Reformed Church have changed, according to CRC executive director Steven Timmermans.
Son View House, a residence accommodating student leaders and other Christian students attending Brock University in Thorold, Ont.
Nearly 80 Latino pastors from the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church gathered for dinner and training
In Memoriam: Rev. Leonard Sweetman, Jr.
1924-2016In Memoriam: Rev. Ik Chang
1930-2016Members of Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church served up pancakes to about 1,000 people in July.
Rev. Esteban Lugo resigned as director of the Race Relations ministry of the Christian Reformed Church,
As athletes descend on Brazil for the Rio Paralympic Summer Games in September, Drew Bremer, 21, will be among them.
The U.S. State Department warned that religion-based terrorists as well as some governments across the globe are threatening the liberties of religious minorities.
Ron Vanden Brink of Kelowna, B.C., has been appointed the new director of Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC), effective August 1
Most American churchgoers are hearing politics from the pulpits of their churches during this presidential election season, according to a new survey released this month by the Pew Research Center.
In downtown Niagara Falls, Ont., children are learning about art and social justice through a series of summer day camps run by Christian Reformed Church plant The Bridge.
In August, 108 Cadets, 36 counselors, and 16 support staff spent a week immersed in nature at Algonquin Park’s Whitefish Lake for the All-Ontario Cadet Camporee.
For a week in the middle of July, a Christian Reformed Church contingent of four—church members Israel Cooper and Thea deGroot and CRC staff Bernadette Arthur and Shannon Perez—participated in the fourth annual Reconciliation Trip
For Rev. Ed Den Haan and the Bridging Group of First Christian Reformed Church in Guelph, Ont., it was an exciting day when “our neighbors came to church yesterday.”
Reading Scripture in English and conversing about it with others is difficult for non-English speaking immigrants who attend Bible studies.
For students who want a hands-on college experience, Dordt College plans to launch a career-focused two-year degree program in fall 2017.
When Vacation Bible School (VBS) ended last week at Woody Nook CRC in Blackfalds, Alta., the children had raised over $1,600 for programs that help improve access to clean drinking water in places like Haiti and Africa.