CONTEXT 2: When authente, etal is referring to impartial objects, such as planets influence for zodiac predictions in astrological texts, it is about power dynamics which adds to the confusion around this word family.
At breakfast one morning in Guyana this past May, Pastor Mark Jallim led our waitress, a young woman named Operah, to a relationship with Christ.
This article first appeared in the May/June 2026 issue of The Banner. It is also published here so CRC members can comment on it. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
For many pastors and lay leaders today, ministry can often feel like an endless series of negotiating skirmishes over personal preferences, political allegiances, or internal traditions.
I’ve had several good conversations recently with pastors who are just beginning their ministries at a new church. After listening to them, I found myself reflecting on the complexity that’s involved with a new pastor’s getting-acquainted season.
On a late August morning, I received the phone call that every grandparent should learn to dread.
Red Dress Day is observed annually on May 5 in Canada. It is a day of remembrance and awareness that honours Indigenous women and girls who have experienced violence, as well as their families and communities.
You’re Invited! Pray for the CRC for 40 days leading up to Synod 2026
May always feels like a turning point.
"This shift could re-energize small and mid-level giving." -Giving USA
Over the past five years, Thriving Essentials has served as a flagship curriculum, training over 1,800 ministry leaders across 350 churches to help CRC congregations rediscover their vital purpose.
The LEAD Scholarship Fund is one of the strategies employed by Thrive, the CRCNA’s congregational services agency, to develop multiracial congregational leadership in the CRC denomination.
As the Canadian National Gathering approaches, much of the focus is on preparation, participation, and the conversations that will take place in May.
The journey toward becoming an intercultural church is both a spiritual calling and a practical challenge.
If someone is thinking about visiting your church, they’re likely checking you out online first. Before they walk through your doors, they’ve already formed a first impression based on your website, your social media, and the way your church shows up digitally.
The journey toward becoming an intercultural church is both a spiritual calling and a practical challenge.
Across the Christian Reformed Church in North America, many churches are asking a similar question: How can we better support women who are serving, discerning a call, or growing into leadership?
Hello friends,This month I want to share a story about one church leader in the southwest US who leads a bible study for skeptics, people who are curious about faith and unbelievers
The film Over 18 is a documentary that seeks to raise awareness of the harmful psychological, emotional, and even spiritual effects of long-term pornography addiction among males and females.
In June of 2016, our Canadian Government passed Bill C-14, providing guidelines for medical assistance in dying (MAID). There were a number of safeguards set up in the initial iteration of this bill that some people have fought against, demanding more lenient elements to be incorporated.