Christian Courier (Canada) Explained

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. It adopted its current name in 1992. 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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Our Staff . 22 November 2020 . Christian Courier . 2 December 2023.
2. Web site: The History of Christian Courier . 22 November 2020 . Christian Courier . 2 December 2023.
3. Web site: Christian Courier, formerly Canadian Calvinist and Contact . . 2 December 2023.
4. Book: Vrielinck . Jennifer . Images of Canadianness: Visions on Canada's Politics, Culture, Economics . 1998 . . 117 . https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJb6qt5uMbwC&pg=PA117 . 2 December 2023 . The Flemish and Dutch Migrant Press in Canada: A Historical Investigation. 9780776604893 .
5. News: Vernon . Alissa . Canadian Newspaper Christian Courier Turns 70 . 2 December 2023 . . 23 October 2015.
6. Web site: Christian Courier: History . . 2 December 2023.