Uncivil War
Missionary tells of horrors in strife-torn Congo
Africa Inland Mission's Chris Hamilton

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

Web's Latest Craze is The Prayer of Reata
"Yes, the Pope really is Catholic, and other stories from media sources around the world."
Ted Olsen

Memorable Memoirs
"Whether telling us about the Spirit in the South or the crumbling atheism of a Chinese immigrant, these books provide windows into others' lives."
John Wilson

Editorials: Dismantling the Salvation Army
In maintaining integrity, Salvationists got the Boy Scout treatment
Christianity Today Editorial

Naked Truths
"Critics weigh in on what makes nudity in film wrong, right, and R-rated"
Jeffrey Overstreet

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

CONVERSATIONS: God's Smuggler Confesses
Brother Andrew wonders if American Christians are willing to die for anything, even their faith.
Michael Maudlin interview with Brother Andrew

Weblog: Gracia Burnham Returns to the Philippines Amid Another Hostage Controversy
Plus: Who's talking religion at the Democratic National Convention, council vows to keep praying in Jesus' name, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Did Martin Die Needlessly?
Gracia Burnham believes her husband would be alive today if someone had paid the proper ransom—but mission agencies wonder how many other missionaries would have been kidnapped as a result
Ted Olsen

Inside CT : Dogging the Story
Christian media can play a special role in cases like the kidnapping of the Burnhams
David Neff

One African Nation Under God
Zambia is missionary David Livingstone's greatest legacy. But this Christian nation isn't always heaven on earth
Ted Olsen

William Carey: Did You Know?
Little-known or remarkable facts about William Carey
Dr. R.E. Hedland is missionary lecturer for the Conservative Baptist Fellowship Mission Society in Mylapore, India. He is the author of The Mission of the Church in the World (Baker, 1991).

From the Editor: Ten Years, Thanks to You
Kevin A. Miller

News Briefs

One African Nation Under God
Zambia is missionary David Livingstone's greatest legacy. But this Christian nation isn't always heaven on earth
Ted Olsen

Rivers of Life
"In Africa, survival depends on open waterways. Missionary explorer David Livingstone believed that salvation did, too"
Elesha Coffman

The Paradox of David Livingstone: From the Editor - Livingstone - The Great Non-Missionary
Mark Galli

The Dick Staub Interview: Vishal Mangalwadi
The author and lecturer talks about how the Bible shaped India, Western democracy, and his life

Operation Human Rights
How evangelicals got outside their comfort zone to help the oppressed overseas.
By David Neff

Weblog: Southern Baptists No Longer In, Nor Of, World Alliance
Plus: Pulpit preaching proposal purged, the Inquisition's Comfy Chair, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Splurging on Missions
Southern Baptists fund hundreds more workers for the field.
By John W. Kennedy

Human Rights Groups Criticize Beijing as Choice for 2008 Olympics
"The challenge now is to use the games to press for improvements, advocates said."
Newsroom News Service

The Lord's Watch: the Moravians
A. Skevington Wood

Zinzendorf's Chronology

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

Free the Burnhams
"A year after the missionaries' abduction, it's time to bring them home"
Christianity Today Editorial

"Weblog: Martin Burnham Killed, Gracia Freed In Rescue Attempt"
"Philippine military botches rescue attempt, but calls it a success"
Ted Olsen

The New History of Missions
The difference between global Christianity and world Christianity.
by Mark Noll

Mr. Jabez Goes to Africa
Bruce Wilkinson expands his borders to include racial reconciliation and HIV/AIDS
Timothy C. Morgan

Shari'ah Law to Decide Fates in Afghanistan
Attack of the 200 Clones coming soon and Eugene Rivers's model could help Cincinnati's racial tensions
Todd Hertz

Saving Strangers
The journey of one Somali Bantu family in the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history.
Photo essay by Denise McGill

Q & A: Clive Calver
President of World Relief, the church-based development arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, on humanitarian trends in the wake of 9/11.
David Neff

Quake Opens Door to Gospel
How Christians are trying to ease tensions in the Islamic Republic.
By John W. Kennedy

Weblog: Tens of Thousands of Indonesian Christians Flee Homes as Muslims Attack
Plus: Burying the cloning ban in a big hole, rescuing the Burnhams, criticizing modern missions, and other stories.
Ted Olsen and David Neff

LETTERS: Evangelical scholarship

NEWS: Wycliffe Denies CIA Connection
Rusty Wright