Member Church News: Birth, Support, Prayer

A Syrian refugee family, sponsored by the First United Church, Ottawa, Canada, has welcomed the birth of a baby, likely the first baby to be born in Ottawa among the 1,500 Syrian refugees who have been arriving here… Read More

Reformation in the Present Tense

On Sunday, 24 April, Chris Ferguson delivered the sermon below at the St. Matthäus Church in Berlin, Germany, as part of a series entitled “World Value” sponsored by the church, Diakonie and Brot für die Welt. Let me… Read More

Member Church News: Visits, Assistance, Endorsements

A delegation from the presbyteries of Peace River, Tampa Bay and Tropical Florida made a historic trip to Cuba in February 2016 to meet with leaders of the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba (PRCC), their first official meeting in… Read More

Member Church News: Camps, Conversations, Cooperations

The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren is hosting an international summer camp for young people ages 17 to 25this summer in the Krkonoše Mountains. Youth will experience fellowship, beautiful nature, and the chance to learn about other people,… Read More

At Europe’s End

Martin Engels, moderator of the Reformed Alliance in Germany, reports on his visit to Idomeni, Greece. On the way to Idomeni a stork lands on a lamppost on the side of the empty highway, which leads us from… Read More

Member Church News: Representing, documenting, welcoming

Fourteen young women from across the Presbyterian Church (USA) shared their experiences after participating in the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women held in March in New York. A documentary film about… Read More

I am not afraid

I am not afraid. It is March 22 in the afternoon. Still saddened and confused by the events that took place this morning I sit at my desk in Brussels which has become a surrealistic city. Until noon… Read More

Member Church News: Easter, Texts, Conversations, Images

A Deeside, Scotland, minister has urged his flock to keep their phones on during Sunday service so they can text him questions during his sermons. Martin Vegt, a member of Vernon (British Colombia, Canada) Christian Reformed Church, traveled… Read More

2016 Easter Message: Conquered Fears

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Easter Greetings! These are tense times, with terrorist attacks around the world, struggles to end the war in Syria, the unprecedented suffering of refugees, systematic racism, mass incarceration, human trafficking and exploitation… Read More

Member Church News: Reactions, Reflections, Blessings

Calls to prayer and action and letters of condolence and support continue to be shared in the aftermath of the attacks in Brussels, Belgium. Here are a few of them: United Protestant Church of France Protestant Church in… Read More