Volume 44, Number 14

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By Harold Myra, CEO of Christianity Today International

Texas South Baptists slash $5 million from Southern Baptist Convention.
By Deann Alford in Corpus Christi, Texas

Tufts University says group violated school's nondiscrimination policy by excluding lesbian student from leadership.
By Randy Bishop

New Freedom Fellowship, a church for recovering substance abusers, helps people walk with Christ.
By Suzanne Lewis-Johnson in Snellville, Georgia

The Jubilee 2000 success is evidence that everyday people can make a difference.
By Associated Baptist Press

A new law puts Protestants on equal footing with Roman Catholics.
By David Miller, Compass Direct, in Bolivia

Christians Scorn 'China Model' Fundamentalist Hindu leader's proposal would oust missionaries.
by Manpreet Singh in New Delhi

Sisters appealing decision to revoke Israeli citizenship.
By Alfred Muller, Compass Direct, in Jerusalem

In Northern Ireland, a Catholic monk and a Presbyterian pastor learn to work together for peace.
By Ronald A. Wells

America's most collected artist is a Christian who seeks to sabotage Modernism by painting beauty, sentiment, and the memory of Eden.
By Randall Balmer

Coloring in the lines other Christians drew for me was much easier than the hard, divine work of becoming the person God wants me to be.
By Lee Knapp

Church-growth critics and partisans would do well to visit Louisville's Southeast Christian Church.
By John Wilson

Palestinian Christians want both peace in their villages and justice for their Muslim brothers.
By Elaine Ruth Fletcher

Land of Israel promised by God only to the Jews, opposition leader tells Christian group.
By Religion News Service

Churches of all stripes have been growing for decades, as have the controversies and challenges facing evangelicals.
By Kenneth D. MacHarg

How an 8-year-old girl from Georgia began a community program that has fed thousands.
By Joe Westbury

A fast-growing Kansas City church builds on success by using an innovative plan for real-estate development.
By Corrie Cutrer in Leawood, Kansas

Classical Christian music, especially the sacred works of Johann Sebastian Bach, finds a young, and large, audience.
Sara Pearsaul