Volume 46, Number 6
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Cover Story
"Move over, Wheaton and Colorado Springs—Dallas, Texas, has more megachurches, megaseminaries, and mega-Christian activity than any other American city."
Edward Gilbreath
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How did a top-25 list of ministries become a cover story on Dallas?
David Neff
Republicans say that attracting minorities is their number one priority.
By Ted Olsen
California congregation plays critical role in arrest of sex abuser
Corrie Cutrer
New evidence suggests Boston archbishop protected known pedophile priests
Religion News Service
Family Radio founder's latest teaching prompts church defections
Mark A. Kellner
Chinese American Christians are starting to become more openly prolife
Tony Carnes
Massachusetts battles parents in tiny sect after two children die
Bob Smietana
Mideast Christians torn over tough Israeli tactics at churches
Stan Guthrie
Attacks said to be prompted by violence in the Middle East
Religion News Service and Christianity Today
U.S. Embassy says North Americans are guerrilla targets
Deann Alford
DeMoss Foundation says it is not a cult
IDEA Evangelical News Agency
But some Christians see talks as an opportunity to build bridges in times of persecution
S. David
Political and religious leaders clash in Nigeria over the increased use of Islamic law
Obed Minchakpu
We need nothing less than a total ban on human cloning
Christianity Today Editorial
It is the state's business to discourage what hurts the community and encourage what builds it up
Christianity Today editorial
A Dallas food pantry was transformed when it turned the tables on who should do ministry
Agnieszka Tennant
Can the biggest Protestant seminary in the world be both Southern Baptist and broadly evangelical?
Larry Eskridge
"A former Southern Baptist, Dmitri Royster is now a maverick of the Orthodox Church"
Frederica Mathewes-Green
It's not easy growing Christian leaders for Dallas's fastest-growing population
Jeff M. Sellers
"Cantankerous Carl McIntire protested against nearly every major expression of 20th-century Christianity, and always with a flourish"
Randall Balmer
"In the world of ecumenical Protestantism, some owe Carl McIntire an apology for dismissing his warnings"
Richard J. Mouw
"Studies show that poor children who are active in a local congregation thrive in body and mind, as well as spirit"
Amber Anderson Johnson
"John Polkinghorne—particle physicist, Gifford lecturer, Templeton Prize–winner, and parish priest"
Karl W. Giberson
The separation of church and state protects families too
Stephen L. Carter
The Dallas Morning News sets the standard for newspaper religion coverage
John Wilson
It's not just a band of shifting players. It's a state of mind and a movement
Todd Hertz
Jimmy Carter's journey from the White House to building houses
Philip Yancey