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In March, the Center for Church Renewal’s New Horizons project received a $1.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to tailor church renewal labs for Latino and Navajo congregations over the next five years. Larry Doornbos, a retired Christian Reformed pastor and director of New Horizons, and Kri
Each fall The King’s University’s second-year physical geography class takes a field trip to Jasper National Park to learn about Alberta ecosystems and practice fieldwork techniques. “Over the summer we were deeply saddened to learn that the Jasper wildfires had destroyed the class's usual lodging a
The Gathering Markit, a nonprofit grocery initiative in Abbotsford, B.C., is transforming how food insecurity is addressed while promoting dignity and choice for families in need. The market serves referred families with affordable fresh produce, pantry staples, and ready-made meal kits sourced from
Described as a “larger-than-life character,” Sid Cooper was a wise and confident leader who modeled for others his deep love for the Lord and for his people. He recognized his calling as a pastor as an honor. Loved and respected by many, Sid, 94, died Nov. 13.Born in New Jersey, Sid graduated from C
Louis Tamminga has been described as a spirited preacher, compassionate caregiver, efficient administrator, and visionary denominational leader. “What a gift to the church and to humanity,” a colleague said in tribute. “His abiding personality trait,” said one of his children, “was an outward and fu
Jeremiah Bašurić, a pastor in Edmonton, Alta., and Sebastian Maldonado, a campus minister in Toronto, Ont., will share the position of senior leader for Intercultural Ministry in Canada, Christian Reformed Church communications announced this month. The position became vacant in July when Pablo Kim
Dr. Robert I. Greidanus, a member of WestEnd Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alta., whose current practice is in Peace River, Alta., was honored by the Alberta College of Family Physicians as the province’s Family Physician of the Year for 2024.The college’s website says the award honors phys
On Sunday, Oct. 27, First Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alta., welcomed 32 individuals as new members. They were a mixed group—21 newcomers from Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda; six men from an addiction recovery program at Edmonton’s Hope Mission; four children of one of the church elders
On a Tuesday evening in Bellingham, Wash., the Bucket Boys—a band of friends from First Christian Reformed Church in Lynden, Wash., with additional community volunteers—distribute peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, socks, and bottles of water from five-gallon pails slung over their arms. It’s a wee
In the 2024 denomination survey, fewer than 30% of respondents (28.1%) selected “justice-seeking” as one of the top phrases to complete the sentence, “To me, the term ‘Christian Reformed’ means....” In 2023, 32.2% of respondents selected this term, and 32.9% did in 2022. The rest of the top 12 were
Amanda DeWeerd of Stratford (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church organized a regional training for GEMS—Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior, the ministry for girls offered in many CRCs—on Oct. 19. Leaders from 13 GEMS groups attended the event, along with GEMS executive director Wendy Hammond.DeWeerd, w
Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches each send representatives to its classes, a regional assembly of churches.Many of the actions taken by classes are governed by the CRC’s Church Order, the rules that govern denominational life. Here are some of the actions by classes in the p
The Banner has a subscription to republish articles from Religion News Service. This story by Genevieve Charles was published Oct 11, 2024 on religionnews.com. It has been edited for length and Banner style. The final paragraph, with context for the Christian Reformed Church, has been added.“I’m Exh
Jake Heerema, whose passion was being Jesus to everyone he met, was an ordinary man through whom the Lord did extraordinary things. “He was kind and would go out of his way to connect with people that most of us would overlook,” said his daughter. “Jake was a wonderful, caring brother in Christ,” sa
The second Pursuit Conference in Oshawa, Ont., on Oct. 26 started with the vision of one young man and his concern for young adults trying to navigate their way in a post-Christian culture.Adam Hoogsteen, 35, an elder and worship leader at Discovery Christian Reformed Church in Bowmanville, Ont., de
After a summer of discernment by a presidential search committee of 16 headed by trustee Perrin Rynders and including alumni, staff and administration, faculty, and student and denominational representation, Calvin University’s board of trustees announced its new president Oct. 21. Greg Elzinga, the
The Banner has a subscription to republish articles from Religion News Service. This story by Bob Smietana was published Oct. 17, 2024 on religionnews.com. It has been edited for length and Banner style. The final paragraph, with context for the Christian Reformed Church, has been added.On Oct. 13 w
For part of the time of the Oct. 16-18 meetings of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates, the U.S. and Canada Ministry Boards met individually to cover their own more operational agendas specific to ministry in each country.The Council of Delegates is the ecclesiastical governance boa
Meeting Oct. 16-18 at Cascade Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., the denomination’s Council of Delegates welcomed new members, discussed the One Family Conversation approach to classis leadership, received updates on tasks from synod, appointed a new director of ecclesiasti