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An important book for early readers that highlights the beauty of our differences.

Western missionaries in Nigeria have often created unhealthy dependence on mission staff and funding or have started programs that do not have the full support of local believers.

This podcast takes the familiar and obscure stories found in Scripture and, with humor and insight, walks readers through the faith journeys of these biblical figures.

Kevin Adams—experienced CRC pastor and church planter—makes the case that baptism isn’t merely a one-time ceremony but something to be lived and affirmed throughout one’s life.

Congratulations to the winners of our young adult writing contest sponsored by  ! This year’s theme is “What Gives You Hope?” We could always use a reminder of our hope in God.

Read the winning essay from this year’s Young Adult Writing Contest.

Read the second-place essay from this year’s Young Adult Writing Contest.

Get some of our top picks for reading, watching, and listening in September 2022.

When you love God and want to follow God faithfully, you are likely to ask if God might be calling you to be a pastor, missionary, or teacher.

A week’s worth of celebratory activities marked 150 years of “God’s grace, goodness, and faithfulness” for Vogel Center Christian Reformed Church in McBain, Mich.

I signed up to volunteer with the resettling agency, remembering how I had been surrounded by immigrants daily as I navigated the streets of New York City.

Fifteen-time Emmy Award winner and Pura Belpre honoree Sonia Manzano (Maria on Sesame Street) examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life.

Lightyear follows the legendary space ranger on an intergalactic adventure that highlights the dangers of stubborn pride.

Jay Kim's Analog Church explores the ways the digital age and its values affect the life of the church.

Responses of more than 100 Christian ministry leaders in the U.S. are captured in a new report. Other pastors shared their experiences of pandemic ministry in a Sept. 1 webinar timed with the report’s release.

Generation Z (ages 5-24) is marked by an outlook of hopelessness and despair, says campus pastor Ryan Farrell. He supervised the development of a resource to help understand and reach this group.

All too often, witness to the gospel has been mixed with patterns of economic and cultural domination.

Queen Elizabeth II, who died Sept. 8, bore the title Supreme Governor of Britain's established church. While her bishops managed the church’s affairs, she often spoke about her faith, explaining how it provided the framework of her life.

Dutch Christian band Trinity offers listeners a joyful, irresistible EP.

Spanning C.S. Lewis' bitter childhood, WWI and his life-changing friendships at Oxford, The Most Reluctant Convert depicts the events that shaped Lewis' early life and journey from hard-boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.

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The wounds inflicted will take years to heal, and some might never fully recover.

People often say that we should read the Bible to know what God is saying. How do we read the Bible to make decisions that don’t necessarily have a moral answer?