A Preaching Woman
The remarkable story of a former slave sheds light on the origins of African American Christianity.
Jonathon Kahn

You Have the Right to Be Rich
But you have to earn it.
Patton Dodd

Battling Bigotry
Widow seeks to stem growing tide of hate crimes
Bob Smietana

The Upscaling of an Evangelical
Randall Balmer returns to his father's faith—with qualifications and hesitations
Andy Crouch

The Politics of Prayer
The Presidential Prayer Team prays for Bush, Iraq, and more voters.
By Ken Walker

The 4-14 Window
New push on child evangelism targets the crucial early years.
By John W. Kennedy

David Martin: Sociologist as Servant of the Church
A faithful witness at the intersection of sociology and theology.
By John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

Planet Dixie
Land of happy slaves and gracious masters.
Preston Jones

Original Sin
Slavery and the biblical curse of Ham.
Laura L. Mitchell

Weblog: 'Ten Commandments Judge' Loses Appeal
"Bush promotes school vouchers, judge blocks Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, aborted embryos may become mothers, and other articles from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

'Boston Movement' Apologizes
Open letter prompts leaders of controversial church to promise reform
John W. Kennedy

People: North America

Christian Law School Dean Accused of Plagiarizing the Encyclopedia
"Incendiary Christian Coalition lawsuit takes a turn, and Egypt will retry el-Kosheh suspects"
Ted Olsen

News Briefs

Christian Law School Dean Accused of Plagiarizing the Encyclopedia
"Incendiary Christian Coalition lawsuit takes a turn, and Egypt will retry el-Kosheh suspects"
Ted Olsen

In Brief

News Briefs

Inventing Evangelicalism
No one was more pivotal to the emerging movement than Carl F.H. Henry
Timothy George

New Life in a Culture of Death
Hope for Colombia dwells inside its most lethal killing field - Bellavista Prison.
Deann Alford

Colson: What Are We Doing Here?

Weblog: Does the Gallup Poll Have an Evangelical Bias?
Plus: More on religion in the election, cleanup after Hurricane Jeanne, Anglicans offer chocolate to boost church attendance, human trafficking, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Lutheran Church Abuse Victims Receive $69 Million Settlement
Plus: Former Archbishop of Canterbury says Anglican Communion in danger, Pope says to ban pro-abortion politicians from communion, mouse gives virgin birth, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Christian History Corner: Not a Mercy but a Sin
The modern push for euthanasia is a push against a two-millenniums-old Christian tradition
Chris Armstrong

Weblog: IRS Investigating 20 Churches, 40 Other Non-Profits for Illegal Campaigning
Plus: Terri Schiavo will be fed indefinitely, Buttiglione withdraws, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Ultra Mega Weblog: Five Churches Attacked in Netherlands
Plus: Links to more than 422 (really!) other news articles and opinion pieces, including some not about how stupid evangelicals are.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Do the Wages of Sin Apply After Conversion?
Plus: Religious conservatives love Gonzalez as AG, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Evangelicals: Fragmented and Thriving
The history and future of evangelicalism as a movement.
by Mark Galli

Vatican: Jews do not wait in vain for Messiah
But evangelicals question whether new statement undercuts evangelistic outreach
LaTonya Taylor

Family Feud: Theologians Decry 'Narrow' Boundaries.
110 evangelical leaders sign joint statement
Timothy C. Morgan

Evangelicals: Fragmented and Thriving
The history and future of evangelicalism as a movement.
by Mark Galli

CT Classic: The Marks and Misses of a Magazine
'After all, Christianity Today is only a magazine.'
By Martin E. Marty

Ted Haggard: 'This Is Evangelicalism's Finest Hour'
The new president of the National Association of Evangelicals talks about the current state and future goals of the association and evangelicalism.
Ted Haggard

Is the Reformation Over?
Well, if you have to ask …
Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom

Evangelicals & Catholics
The state of play
J. I. Packer

A Modest Step Toward Unity
Richard John Neuhaus on the Catholic bishops' decision to join Christian Churches Together.
Interview by Rob Moll

CT Classic: Admen for Heaven
"Opening up minds is the first step to regular church attendance, Episcopal Ad Project says"
David Neff

Kenyan President Suggests Hanging for 'Knowingly' Infecting Others with AIDS
Church organizations criticize use of capital punishment as solution to epidemic
Sam Gonza

Shelling the Salvation Army
"If William Booth's church could handle sticks and stones in the 1880s, it should withstand the recent barrage of hateful words"
Elesha Coffman

The Accompanying Presence
His voice is still small, but you'll preach better if you hear first from the Holy Spirit.
An Interview with Bill Hybels

Let's God to the Tape
As churches experiment with preaching on video. What are we learning?
Eric Reed

Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
Seeking substance and servanthood in a self-help genre
Douglas LeBlanc

"Come for the Music, Stay for the Worship"
"Diversity in artists, worship and people last through 18 years of the Cornerstone Festival."
Todd Hertz

Stryper Returns to Play the Festival They Always Should Have
Cornerstone Music Festival takes a look back at artists who paved the way.
Todd Hertz

CT Classic: A Christian 'Heavy-Metal' Band Makes Its Mark on the Secular Music Industry
Lyrics and onstage behavior distances Stryper from counterparts.
Steve Rabey

Inside CT: The Editor Who Helped Save Christianity Today
Remembering Ken Kantzer
David Neff

"Theologian, CT Editor Dies at 85"
Todd Hertz

Inside CT: The Editor Who Helped Save Christianity Today
Remembering Ken Kantzer
David Neff

Why Don't They Listen?
John Stott on the most pernicious obstacles to effective world evangelism
Gary Barnes

Editorial: Doers of the Word
The Amsterdam Declaration illustrates how far evangelicals have come in 26 years—especially in putting ideas into practice.
A Christianity Today Editorial

Netherlands: Keeping the Covenant
Amsterdam 2000 ends with a message from Billy Graham, a promise by 10,000 evangelists, and a unifying framework for worldwide evangelism.
By Ted Olsen | posted 8/7/00

Go Figure
"Statistics on Protestant wealth, megachurches, and British Christians and Muslims"
Ted Olsen

"Walking the Old, Old Talk"
The cultural success of evangelicalism is its greatest weakness
Christianity Today editorial

The Dick Staub Interview: John Ortberg's Freak Show
Churchgoers' attempts to be average are killing them, says the Willow Creek pastor.

Christian History Corner: Can Anything Good Come Out of New England?
Evangelical revival in the land of the liberal Brahmins may not be as historically odd as we suppose
Chris Armstrong

"Christian History Corner: Muscular Christianity's Prodigal Son, College Sports"
"In the wake of a basketball scandal at a prominent Christian university, we take time to remember the Christian roots of college athletics"
Chris Armstrong

Moody Closes Magazine, Restructures Aviation Program
Moody Bible Institute announces strategic changes to ensure financial stability for core education program
Todd Hertz and Stan Guthrie

Weblog: Korean Hostage Was Reportedly Evangelizing in Iraq
Plus: What the leaked NAE statement on politics really says, what the Catholic bishops said about Communion, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Will the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Save Lives?
Most prolife groups say the ban in itself is not what is important
Rob Moll

September News Wrap
"Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world"
CT Staff

Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley and 300-A Plentiful Harvest
Douglas Sweeney

Are the Cubs Really Cursed?
"J.I. Packer discusses curses, the Cubs, and the billy goat"
Rob Moll

One-and-One-Half Cheers for the Anglican Primates' Statement
An interview with theologian—and longtime Anglican—J.I. Packer
Mark Galli

Beach blanket rebirth
Luis Palau to take Fort Lauderdale spring break festival nationwide
Todd Hertz

Answering Critics of An Evangelical Celebration
Thomas C. Oden

Evangelism: Downtown Evangelism Makes a Comeback
Luis Palau tweaks crusade model into evangelistic festivals.
Rusty Wright

ARTICLE: Toronto's Mixed Blessing
Holy laughter, miraculous healings, and renewed spirits are bringing shouts of 'Revival!' How ripe are the fruits of the Airport Vineyard Church?
James A. Beverley

Releasing the Spirit: the Pentecostals
Michael Harper

Worldwide renewal: the charismatic movement
Charles E. Hummel

'Confessing' Christians Stick It Out
"Some conservatives, however, give up on reforming their denominations"
Robert P. Mills

A Preaching Woman
The remarkable story of a former slave sheds light on the origins of African American Christianity.
Jonathon Kahn

The News from Rhosllanerchrugog
On the exemplary fate of Nonconformity in Wales.
David Bebbington

Christian History Corner: Reports of the Revival
The Confederate camp became a school of Christ.
By Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.

Weblog: Federal Marriage Amendment Reworded to Allow Civil Unions
Plus: Time profiles Rick Warren, Christian Coalition reportedly not paying its bills, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Influential Things Come in Small Packages
"Three friends, four spiritual laws, and other legacies of Bill Bright"
"Josh McDowell, Dave Hannah, and Rick Warren"

Number Eight

Christianity Today News Briefs
Booting the Salvation Army, falling giving, and suing for rights.
By CT staff

Weblog: Separation of Church and Store
Plus: Bulldozing a church, murdering an atheist, Britain's designer babies, and apparently today is Election Day.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Lesbian Methodist Minister Defrocked
Plus: Denver keeps Christmas, pro-life Democrats push for comeback, Adventist leaders die in plane crash, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Q & A: Bobby Welch
President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

Staying on Course
Southern Baptists reaffirm their conservative positions.
By Adelle M. Banks, RNS, in Indianapolis

Hopeful Pessimism
The lessons of the civil rights movement turn out to be quite alien to liberal pieties.
by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Q & A: Bobby Welch
President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

Southern Baptist Surprise!
Why are so many African Americans attracted to a church that was once identified with white racism?
By Amy Green

Staying on Course
Southern Baptists reaffirm their conservative positions.
By Adelle M. Banks, RNS, in Indianapolis

Weblog: Former TBN Employee Alleges Gay Tryst With Paul Crouch
TBN boss paid $425,000 to silence claims, but accuser now wants $10 million.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Joyce Meyer Responds to Critics, Shifts Income Source
Amid cancellation and watchdog's call for IRS investigation, evangelist defends finances.
By Corrie Cutrer, in St. Louis

Weblog: Heavy Lifting During a Busy Religion News Week
"Oodles of religion news stories, on topics from Joyce Meyer to Franklin Graham, from gay marriage to The Passion of the Christ"
Ted Olsen with Rob Moll

The Passion of Mel Gibson
Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities.
David Neff

Let's God to the Tape
As churches experiment with preaching on video. What are we learning?
Eric Reed

The Y Factor
by Bill Hybels

Whither Christian Unity?
The WCC and the WEA represent very different paths. One of them has real promise
Thomas C. Oden

Plus: The Not-So-New Ecumenism
A recent initiative is structured to exclude evangelicals in the mainline
Thomas C. Oden

Opinion Roundup: Are Evangelicals the 'New Internationalists?'
Evangelical leaders say New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is mostly right, but late
Todd Hertz

Faith Amid the Muck
Christians struggle with island's latest disaster.
By Ken Walker

Weblog: A Third Way with Stem Cells
Plus: Creation vs. evolution, William Tyndale College closes, 10 questions with Billy Graham, World Vision pulls out of Iraq, Christians protest Kinsey film, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

A False Cry of Peace
Wilfred Mlay, World Vision's regional vice president for Africa, discusses the crisis facing black Muslims in Darfur.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

Doctrinal Aftershocks
Worldwide Church of God seeks a new start in the face of fresh opposition
Marshall Allen

Church Sells Armstrong's Works
Nineteen books by founder sold to Worldwide Church of God splinter group
Marshall Allen

"Weblog: Tim LaHaye Loses Left Behind Lawsuit, Worldwide Church of God Settles"
"Supreme Court considers sodomy law, and other sources from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen