Volume 40, Number 9

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When evangelicals look in the mirror, do we see the host of The 700 Club staring back?
By Tim Stafford

When evangelicals look in the mirror, do we see the host of The 700 Club staring back?
By Tim Stafford

Can the East Asian church in America reverse the flight of its next generation?
By Helen Lee; Additional reporting by Ted Olsen

While the re-election of Boris Yeltsin as president likely ensures protection of religious freedom in Russia, a growing nationalist sentiment is fueling new initiatives to control Western-financed missions outreach.
By Beverly Nickles in Moscow

Within the mainline Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (PCUSA), the question of whether to tighten a ban on ordaining sexually active homosexuals is moving into the presbyteries.
By Gayle White in Albuquerque

Delegates of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) have soundly defeated a resolution to separate formally from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in order to form their own denomination.
By Randy Frame in Richmond

The Christian minority in the Middle East now has access to Arabic-language Christian programs on SAT-7, a new satellite television service beamed from Cyprus.

Religion is often as influential on Americans' political behavior as race, age, or gender, according to a report released this summer by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
By Ted Olsen