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

Human Sacrifice Redux
How the church battles deadly prophets in its midst.
By Obed Minchakpu in Jos

Silencing Rights Talk
Law would shut down many faith-based groups.
By Sue Sprenkle

Weblog: Nigerian Christians Attack Muslims, Kill Dozens
Plus: Sudan elected to U.N. human-rights commission, Muslims, mosques, and churches in Europe, Christians in India, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

7 Habits of Racially Mixed Churches
How to achieve ethnic diversity—and die (to self) trying.
Reviewed by Douglas R. Sharp

Bill Cosby Was (Mostly) Right
But he overlooks the redemptive role of the church.
By Stan Guthrie

Weblog: Prayer Breakfast Feedback
Also: 60 Minutes' apparent cluelessness on evangelicals. Did Kurt Warner fumble comments on faith vs. football? And other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Patrick Redux-Again
The Western Church's continuing romance with Celtic Christianity
T. M. Moore

To Skellig Michael, Monastery in the Sky
In search of sacred places
Daniel Taylor

Coming to a Screen Near You
"Cloud Ten moves beyond end-times fare, and The Count of Monte Cristo brings swashbuckling into a new millennium"
Douglas LeBlanc

Weblog: Presbyterian Church of America Shoots for the Hip
Plus: More on Dean on religion, Clark on abortion, Jack Kelley admits he was forced to quit USA Today, and other stories from online articles around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Buzz Says Anglican Primates Won't Expel Episcopal Church USA
"John Paul II celebrates 25 years as Pope, and many other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Are Anglicans Getting a Pope?
"The continuing tempest over Lt. Gen. Boykin, there's no underground church in China, and many other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

You Can Take the Boy out of the Barrio…
"But nothing has been able to take the barrio out of Jesse Miranda, the uniting force for Hispanic Protestants in the U.S"
Jeff M. Sellers

Weblog: Long Island Priest Shot During Mass
Eugene Rivers accused of discrimination, the growth of Asian-American churches, and other stories from around the world
Ted Olsen

Practicing Faith in the Inner City
Mark R. Gornik

Rainbow Coalitions
African American, Hispanic pastors lead the charge against gay marriage.
Tony Carnes

Wanted: Young, Dedicated Leaders
By Rodolpho Carrasco.

NEWS: Racial Reconciliation Steps Proceed Slowly for NRB
By John W. Kennedy in Indianapolis

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.

Weblog: Iraqi Christians Celebrate Saddam's Capture
Chaldean Christian communities in the U.S. call arrest a Christmas present
Rob Moll

Weblog: Renewed Hope for Adult Stem Cell Research
"Rebels murder Vatican's envoy to Burundi, leading evangelical theologian calls Bush and Blair white vigilantes, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

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

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

World Council of Churches Trying to Unite Future Easter Observances
"Organization still pushing 1997 Aleppo statement, noting that East and West will share observance again in 2004."
Edmund Doogue

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