Volume 40, Number 9
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Cover Stories
A meditation on the lives of contemporary martyrs.
By Susan Bergman
A meditation on the lives of contemporary martyrs.
By Susan Bergman
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By Michael G. Maudlin, Managing Editor
A pro-life ethic means more than being anti-abortion.
Ron Sider
Take up the cause of our persecuted brothers and sisters in the faith.
By Wendy Murray Zoba
When evangelicals look in the mirror, do we see the host of The 700 Club staring back?
Tim Stafford
When evangelicals look in the mirror, do we see the host of The 700 Club staring back?
By Tim Stafford
By Ted Olsen
Austrian Christians help an ancient town heal its anti-Semitic past.
By Sharon Mumper
Yes, the Constitution is a godless document. That isn't necessarily bad news for Christians.
Can the East Asian church in America reverse the flight of its next generation?
By Helen Lee; Additional reporting by Ted Olsen
While the re-election of Boris Yeltsin as president likely ensures protection of religious freedom in Russia, a growing nationalist sentiment is fueling new initiatives to control Western-financed missions outreach.
By Beverly Nickles in Moscow
Within the mainline Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (PCUSA), the question of whether to tighten a ban on ordaining sexually active homosexuals is moving into the presbyteries.
By Gayle White in Albuquerque
By Kim A. Lawton in Washington, D.C.
Delegates of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) have soundly defeated a resolution to separate formally from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in order to form their own denomination.
By Randy Frame in Richmond
The Christian minority in the Middle East now has access to Arabic-language Christian programs on SAT-7, a new satellite television service beamed from Cyprus.
Religion is often as influential on Americans' political behavior as race, age, or gender, according to a report released this summer by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
By Ted Olsen
"Where do we come from?" is not an esoteric question relevant only to scientists.