Volume 50, Number 10
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Cover Story
50 years ago, evangelicals were a sideshow of American culture. Since then, it's been a long, strange trip. Here's a look at the influences that shaped the movement.
Mark A. Noll
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Chinese police beat hundreds during church demolition.
Xu Mei, Compass Direct, with reporting by CT
Was it flame mails or budget cuts that cost a Greenville professor his job?
Sarah Pulliam
Recent comments from Michael Schiavo, Katherine Harris, and others.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
New Christian coalition says fighting global warming will hurt the poor.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
War-torn church ponders amnesty for rebel leader.
James Jewell in Gulu, Uganda
Passing the Child Custody Protection Act, Methodists join the Joint Declaration of the Doctrine of Justification, and a PCUSA megachurch disaffiliates.
CT staff
The president of World Vision U.S. on the Global Fund, free condoms, and church-based relief and development work.
Saudi Arabia's promise to curb abuses raises cautious hope.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Evangelicalism's mission and message outlast evolving technologies.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Let's improve the public perception of evangelicalism.
A Christianity Today Editorial
What 'Christianity Today' meant to the movement 50 years ago.
Mark A. Noll
Landmark titles that changed the way we think, talk, witness, worship, and live.
We asked 114 leaders from 11 ministry spheres about evangelical priorities for the next 50 years. First up: Fresh basics for the local church.
Tim Stafford
Whole gospel: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Stan Guthrie
Church Reconnect: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities for the next 50 years in youth ministry.
LaTonya Taylor
No compromise: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Collin Hansen
'The True, The Good': What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Rob Moll
Urgent still: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Timothy Morgan
Uniquely Christian: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Ted Olsen and Jason Bailey
Worried optimism: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Tony Carnes
New media, old story: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Madison Trammel
Long Road: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Agnieszka Tennant
Not What, But How: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.
Deann Alford
Billy Graham's bottom line never changes: 'Are we really being used to change people?'
Harold Myra
John Stott reflects on where we've been and where we're going.
Interview by Tim Stafford
Less known than Stott's earlier work is his ministry with Langham Partnership International.
by Tim Stafford
Prayer sometimes feels like a hug and a stranglehold at the same time.
Philip Yancey
We should be our own fiercest critics, doing so out of the deep beauty and goodness of our faith.
Miroslav Volf
If these biblical literalists don't go to church, can the Right count their vote?
Arthur E. Farnsley II
Sociologist Brad Wilcox says one type of marriage makes most women happier.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
A new statement from Evangelicals and Catholics Together encourages discourse on the most divisive of issues.
David Neff
Sri Lankan violence costs 1,000 lives. Relief efforts set back.
Anto Akkara in Sri Lanka
New Mexico megachurch pastor returns after leadership conflict.
Rob Moll
Lebanese Christian compassion impresses Muslims during bloody conflict.
Dale Gavlak in Beirut, Lebanon, and Amman, Jordan
Some of our favorite quotes from two decades of Reflections columns.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
Why homosexual marriage threatens free expression of religion.
David Aikman
Werner Burklin says overseas evangelicals perpetuate the gulf between state-approved churches and illegal house churches.
'Jesus Never Left China', reviewed by Tony Carnes
Randy Alcorn says the afterlife is crucial to how we live this one.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
The disease must be cured for the common good.
Charles Colson with Anne Morse