Christian Courier (Canada)

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Christian Courier
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Cover of 6 November 2023 issue
TypeMonthly newspaper
Editor-in-chiefAngela Reitsma Bick
FoundedAugust 1945;80 years ago (1945-08)
LanguageEnglish
CountryCanada
ISSN 1192-3415
Website www.christiancourier.ca

The Christian Courier is a Canadian monthly Christian newspaper. The editor-in-chief is Angela Reitsma Bick. [1]

The periodical was established in August 1945 as the Canadian Calvinist, an English-language publication targeted at Dutch Canadians. Paul De Koekkoek was the founding editor. [2] In 1951 it merged with Contact (a Dutch-language newspaper which had started in 1949) to become Calvinist Contact. [3] Calvinist Contact was all in Dutch and this gradually developed to be all in English by 1983. [2] It adopted its current name in 1992. [2] At this point the circulation was 5,000, [4] down from a peak of 10,000 in the 1970s. [5] As of 2015, it had 2,100 print subscribers. [5]

Christian Courier was originally bimonthly, changed to weekly in 1954, and monthly in 2020. [2] It originally served the Christian Reformed Church community, and reported on issues such as trade unions, Christian education, and women in office. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "About Our Staff". Christian Courier. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The History of Christian Courier". Christian Courier. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Christian Courier, formerly Canadian Calvinist and Contact". Calvin University . Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Vrielinck, Jennifer (1998). "The Flemish and Dutch Migrant Press in Canada: A Historical Investigation". Images of Canadianness: Visions on Canada's Politics, Culture, Economics. University of Ottawa Press. p. 117. ISBN   9780776604893 . Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 Vernon, Alissa (23 October 2015). "Canadian Newspaper Christian Courier Turns 70". The Banner . Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Christian Courier: History". Redeemer University . Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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