Like Cinderella, the musicians who jam at The Bridge Community Christian Reformed Church all have to be home before curfew.
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Rev. James Kim built a successful youth ministry by starting from scratch.
By the grace of God and a few good men from a Montana CRC, ex-prisoner Richard Stewart made a successful transition from prison to life on the outside.
For Rev. David Vroege and his family, stewardship of creation, money, and health meant giving up their car.
A crafters’ group in California uses its hobby to help teens in crisis.
For an Alberta youth pastor, hosting a weekly radio program ties together his love of radio with his love of ministry.
Two California churches build prefab houses in the church parking lot before delivering them to Mexico.
Using technology normally intended for prisoners to make video appearances in court, an Illinois church worshiped with inmates of Angola Prison.
When news got out about what Rev. John Van Sloten was preaching on, protesters turned up outside the church.
An old McDonalds building gets transformed into a weightlifting gym with a side order of youth ministry.
Members of an Ontario church are helping sell Honduran coffee and ensure fair wages for growers.
A new church plant in Byron Center is drawing women from its neighborhood by offering Zumba fitness classes.
Aurora church designs worship for and with teens.
By adding intergenerational activities, children’s Sunday school has become both focused and magnified.
Hammond church uses community meals to meet the neighbors.
A Prinsburg church helps raise funds for a family with three kids who use wheelchairs.
A Portland church gets creative to find family-friendly activities throughout the rainy winter months.
A mosaic brings beauty and joy to an inner city neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Michigan family makes space at the table for one more.
Helping recently released inmates reenter society lowers recidivism.
Filipino immigrants find support and also send support back home.
Award-winning food gives Columbia church a high profile.
Lynden church ministry supports adoptive and foster families.
Canadians asked to advocate for transitional funding