Volume 41, Number 4
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Cover Stories
Pastors are overworked, underpaid, and bear the weight of unrealistic expectations. Why then are so many so satisfied?
by David Goetz
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by Michael G. Maudlin, Managing Editor
A Zairean bishop wants American Christians to remember the struggles of the church in East Africa.
E. M. Kolini, bishop of the Diocese of Shaba, Anglican Church of Zaire.
There is more to who I am than that smiling face next to my husband.
by Wendy Murray Zoba
by Wendy Murray Zoba
How churches should handle the delicate issue of abortion when nearly one-fifth of women who get abortions are sitting in our pews.
by Frederica Mathewes-Green
The Gospel must be repeatedly forwarded to a new address because the recipient is repeatedly changing places of residence. -Helmut Thielicke
by William Dyrness
An innovative desert ministry breaks down walls between Arab and Jewish believers.
by S. Aaron Osborne in Jerusalem
John Nelson's crusade to keep alive sacred choral music.
by Richard A. Kauffman
A profile of Canadian evangelicals that contrasts them with their counterparts in the American South.
Charitable choice' opens the door to new church-state partnerships in caring for the poor, but not everyone is cheering.
by Randy Frame
by Tony Carnes
Leaders Allege Clergy Harassment
First Lady Wants to Love Enemies
by Rusty Wright in Washington, D.C.
Preachers Dwell Less on Fundraising
Hatfield Praised as Christian Statesman
by Joel Kilpatrick in Springfield, Missouri
by Beverly Nickles in Moscow
Some clergy resist Lutheran-Episcopal concordat.
by Douglas LeBlanc
by Barbara G. Baker, Compass Direct
by Keith Hinson
Muslims Destroy Christian Village
Evangelicals Plead for Korean Aid
by S. Aaron Osborne in Jerusalem
Artists like to have their work admired. That is why we worship.
Philip Yancey