The earliest recorded Methodist camp meeting in America took place 200 years ago this week.

Four decisions touch on gay scout leaders, partial-birth abortion, public aid to religious schools, and abortion protests.

No separation of church and culture, says Gustav Niebuhr

What Christian film critics are saying about Me, Myself, & Irene, Chicken Run, and other summer movies.

Thoughts on the rough draft of the genome map

Plus: India's PM calls for inquiries into attacks on Christians, World's ill-timed ad gaffe, and other stories from around the Internet.

Family Bible Church tries to adapt to believers in the fast lane.

Plus: Prolifers sue the Supreme Court while prochoicers worry about fetal rights laws, and other news stories from media sources around the Internet.

The diaries of a frontier missionary couple reveal starkly differing perspectives.

Plus: George Barna stands his ground under fire, filtering software that doesn't work, and other stories from the mainstream press.

British, European priests are often unaware of 1996 pact for full communion.

What Christian critics are saying about Shaft, Boys and Girls, and other films.

Plus: 160 dead in Indonesia, Christian colleges relax conduct codes, and other stories about Christians and Christianity from sources around the Web.

Plus: James Boice dies, reactions to the pardoning of the pope's would-be assassin, and other stories from other media sources.

Augustin Misago cleared of 1994 genocide charges

Plus: Southern Baptists' resolution solution, Call to Renewal readies for conventions, and other news stories from around the Internet

'Feisty' historians attempt to reconstruct their discipline.

The Mather men followed the faith-and career paths-of their fathers.

Mainstream churches reportedly no longer at forefront of aid and comfort.

Plus: Italy pardons Pope's shooter, evangelicals aren't stupid, and other stories from around the world.

Questions over apology strain reconciliation efforts between aboriginal and white populations.

Two Church of England bishops appear at traditionalist rallies

Plus: Minister says no to veep candidacy, a priest is murdered in Rwanda, and other stories from the world's mainstream media sources.

What Christian film critics are saying about Hollywood's latest summer movies.

Plus: Campus Crusade evangelist murdered, thousands rally for Pentecost, and other stories from the world's mainstream media.

Two books tell the story behind John Lennon's short-lived conversion.

What makes a movie Jewish? A series of film festivals takes a look.

Also: Churches bombed in India, the Ramseys hire a psychic, and other stories from the mainstream press.

Shaiboub Arsal Given Maximum 15-Year Sentence

East Timor's Protestant Church Seeks to Rebuild

Plus: Inside the Southern Baptist Convention, and the New York Times on teaching evolution as theory.

Plus: Hindus and Christians clash in Trinidad, Time covers a high-school revival, and other stories from the world's mainstream media.

There's more than one way for Christians to review films, says J. Robert Parks.

British magazine says church is out of single men, especially older ones.

Plus: Protest-free Gay Days at Disney, Ten Commandments judge has commanding lead in election, and other stories from the world's mainstream media sources.

Christians dispute claims that attacks are random or results of internal feuds.

A survey shows Northern Ireland's hope lies in its churchgoers.

Plus: The power of small groups, the Bible goes back to school, and other stories from newspapers around the world.

Country's Protestants to unify in prayer June 16.

'The Big Kahuna' reveals the tricky temptations of the Christian in the world.

PBS's Bonhoeffer film shows us a theologian in action.