''The Banner'' is a magazine published by the
Christian Reformed Church in North America
The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Calvinist Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed Church of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founde ...
. It was originally published as ''The Banner of Truth'' by the Rev. John Yeury de Baun in the 1860s and '70s for the benefit of the True Reformed Dutch Church in America. De Baun was granted permission by the denominational
synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
meeting in New York, New York in June, 1866, to publish a monthly periodical at his own expense. It began as a monthly publication out of Hackensack, New Jersey.
Issues of ''The Banner of Truth'' generally printed sermons from important early figures in the True Reformed Dutch Church (e.g., James D. Demarest and Solomon Froeligh), doctrinal treatises, denominational and church news, records of marriages and deaths, poems and puzzles on spiritual or doctrinal themes, and numerous proverbs or aphorisms.
In 1887, de Baun became pastor of LaGrave Avenue
Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and continued publishing the magazine from there. De Baun sold the magazine in 1903 to a group of businessmen, who increased the frequency of publication from monthly to bi-weekly and shortened the name to ''The Banner''. The Christian Reformed Church bought the magazine in 1914, which continues to be published to this day.
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External links
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''The Banner of Truth,'' volume 1, various issues (1866) at Google Books''The Banner of Truth,'' volumes 4–6 (1869–1872) at Google Books''The Banner of Truth,'' volumes 5–7 (1871–1873) at Google Books
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1866 establishments in New Jersey
Religious magazines published in the United States
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Magazines established in 1866
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