Several churches have made the decision to leave one of the oldest Christian denominations in the United States after the delegation voted to hit members who support LGBTQ+ worshipers with a “limited ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (RNS) — The CRCNA has been dealing with tensions over questions of sexuality since last year's synod, when delegates affirmed that 'homosexual sex' should be considered sinful.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Sitting in the front pew of the empty sanctuary, Joel DeMoor, pastor of Neland Avenue CRC, recited a sentence he'd committed to memory: "To be a community of hope where all will ...

On New Year’s Day, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America split from the national denomination, one of the oldest Protestant bodies in the United States, in part over theological ...

The two sisters grew up worshiping in the same church. Today, they feel like they still are—despite being in different denominations. So, Patricia Roek and Lynda Barendse-Witte ask, why not reunite ...

GRAND RAPIDS — As John Steigenga reflects on more than two decades on staff at downtown’s LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church, many faces and stories come to mind. But one face sticks out — that ...

The anniversary is a testament to the faith of generations of ministers, ministry workers, evangelists and the community of believers in Sri Lanka, The members of the Christian Reformed Church in Sri ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 32 pages of court documents detail the physical and emotional abuse Marian Ippel said she endured while at church and on a mission trip. One of the defendants named in those ...

Once a hub for Reformed thought and a waystation for immigrants, a New York City congregation finds itself at the center of a property dispute. Queens Christian Reformed Church—one of the first ...

CHURCHILL, Mont. — When they immigrated to Montana, a community of Dutch farmers brought the Christian faith they practiced in their homeland with them. In 1903, they began building their church in ...