Christian Courier (Canada)

Christian Courier
Cover of 6 November 2023 issue
TypeMonthly newspaper
Editor-in-chiefAngela Reitsma Bick
FoundedAugust 1945; 79 years ago (1945-08)
LanguageEnglish
CountryCanada
ISSN1192-3415
Websitewww.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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b 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.