Imagine yourself living in a strange country, isolated from the culture because you don’t know the language.
Our Shared Ministry
Our Shared Ministry is a place to hear, discuss, and celebrate the ministry that we, as the Christian Reformed Church, are involved in across North America and around the world.
A small meeting room in the Maniknagar slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh, grows more humid with each passing minute as 20 women pile inside its w
Reverend William Mbuluku, the leader of the Back to God Hour’s French-language follow-up work in Bangui, Central African Republic,
And he sent them out… (Luke 9:2).
Britt (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church wanted to revitalize its ministry, but the 135-member church wasn’t quite sure what steps to
As part of the new Formation for Ministry program, 70 first-year M.A. and M.Div.
It’s February—a dreary month in much of North America.
Last month I wrote about “denominationally related agencies” such as Dynamic Youth Ministries and Partners Worldwide.
Publishers everywhere keep a close eye on sales statistics, especially at year’s end.
Evangelism is an “everyday” activity, says Sam Huizenga, a small group ministry developer and author of Home Missions&rsquo
Jenni Fisher and three of her friends (all students at the University of Western Ontario) joined a dozen others in the bright
Two pins, some wire, and about 10 staples are holding my shattered left elbow together.
Hunger is an enormous problem in Zambia. Every year thousands of people live on one or two meals a day for weeks or even months.
Your church, through its denominational agencies, brought help and hope to victims of at least 11 disasters last year by responding to
When I first saw the satellite image of tropical storm Wilma this past October, a small knot began forming in my stomach.
On this page I often encourage Banner readers to remember the ministries of the CRC’s agencies and educational instituti
Over the Past year we’ve heard a great deal about the suffering of the Indonesian people after the terrible tsunami tragedy last Ch
Heather Rosema has a plan to bring racial reconciliation into her life.
Changes in the Master of Divinity degree program at Calvin Theological Seminary will make it possible for students to complete the degree
Waxing floors, sorting folders, hammering nails, and stocking food pantries are a few of the projects that occupied more than 100 student
After a time of home service, it was my first Sunday back as a missionary in the Dominican Republic.
Flash back to the early 1990s: Coffee Break, a ministry of Christian Reformed Home Missions, is drawing women by the hundreds to small gr
By the time you read this issue of The Banner, Thanksgiving will be past—long past, for those of you who celebrated the ho
In July I attended the National Gathering of United Methodist Men at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.