Volume 50, Number 3
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Cover Story
South Korea sends more missionaries than any country but the U.S. And it won't be long before it's number one.
Rob Moll
More from this Issue
The early missionaries to Korea serve as examples to modern-day ones.
David Neff
It's not clear whether group has right to trademark in subdomains.
Mark A. Kellner
Southern Baptist pastor claims blog criticism led mission board to recommend his removal.
Sarah Pulliam and Collin Hansen
Bill boosts fight against sex and labor trafficking.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt in Washington, D.C.
The Kansas Republican speaks on prolife issues, Darfur, and care for the poor.
Collin Hansen
Charismatic archbishop accused of exploiting women for sex.
James Jewell in Atlanta
Church loses building after members flee pastor's universalism.
Bill Sherman in Tulsa
Persecution in Eritrera, Oregon assisted-suicide, AmeriCorps and religious schools, and Local Church dismissed.
CT staff
There are no shortcuts for missionaries—even famous ones.
A Christianity Today Editorial
There just might be a better way to solve theological disputes.
A Christianity Today Editorial
How revivals and the Olympics made Korea the wunderkind of missions.
Rob Moll
We can no more change the culture than we can the weather. Fortunately, we've got more important things to do.
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Elizabeth Marquardt on what happens in the souls of children of divorce.
Interview by Agnieszka Tennant
Coincidence and random mutation are not the most likely explanations for some things.
Charles Edward White
How Hispanic churches in Southern California negotiate the dilemmas of ministry with undocumented immigrants.
Christine A. Scheller
Pentecostal scholar Amos Yong thinks he sees the Holy Spirit working in other religions, too.
Roger E. Olson
Mission agencies rethink outreach to the world's non-literate masses.
Dawn Herzog Jewell
Five months later and counting, Katrina continues to change the lives of both victims and volunteers.
Deann Alford
In a region known for its hostility to the church, Christian relief work is building bridges with Muslims.
Tony Carnes
Most lies are pitiful attempts to protect our pride.
David P. Gushee
Why I stay in a church that has seriously strayed from biblical teaching.
Edward S. Little II
Lessons of the old mainline for the new mainline.
Jason Byassee
A unanimous Supreme Court decision opens the door to real change.
Ted Olsen
Unraveling the church's confusion about Messianic Jews.
Reviewed by Mark A. Kellner
The faith's distinctiveness told winsomely, yet with little impact.
John Wilson
How Christians failed following the Civil War.
Reviewed by Mark Noll
Why obedience isn't just for legalists.
Stan Guthrie interviews Robert Jeffress
Walter Wangerin's newest novel adds historical and cultural details to the savior's life.
Cindy Crosby
Maverick bishop jousts at latest foe: Scripture.
Reviewed by John Makujina
The Messianic Movement surveys a vast and often confusing realm.
Reviewed by Mark A. Kellner