Christianity Today

April 7, 1997

Volume 41, Number 4

April 28 April 28, 1997
April 7
March 3 March 3, 1997

Why Pastor Steve Loves His Job: Pastors are overworked, underpaid, and bear the weight of unrealistic expectations. Why then are so many so satisfied?

Cover Story

Cover Story

Why Pastor Steve Loves His Job

Pastors are overworked, underpaid, and bear the weight of unrealistic expectations. Why then are so many so satisfied?

Features

Ecumenism: Back to the Drawing Board for Ecumenism?

Some clergy resist Lutheran-Episcopal concordat.

What Pastor’s Wives Wish Their Churches Knew Part 1

There is more to who I am than that smiling face next to my husband.

Leaders Allege Clergy Harassment

Leaders Allege Clergy Harassment

Preachers Dwell Less on Fundraising

Preachers Dwell Less on Fundraising

Hatfield Praised as Christian Statesman

Hatfield Praised as Christian Statesman

Muslims Destroy Christian Village

Muslims Destroy Christian Village

Evangelicals Plead for Korean Aid

Evangelicals Plead for Korean Aid

Can Americans Still Hear the Good News?

The Gospel must be repeatedly forwarded to a new address because the recipient is repeatedly changing places of residence. -Helmut Thielicke

Editorial

Mourning the Morning-After Pill

The Dilemmas of a Pro-Life Pastor

How churches should handle the delicate issue of abortion when nearly one-fifth of women who get abortions are sitting in our pews.

Why the Conductor Threw Away His Baton

John Nelson’s crusade to keep alive sacred choral music.

A Canadian with an Attitude

A profile of Canadian evangelicals that contrasts them with their counterparts in the American South.

Welfare Reform: God in a Box?

Charitable choice’ opens the door to new church-state partnerships in caring for the poor, but not everyone is cheering.

News

Views

Neat! Way Cool! Awesome!

Artists like to have their work admired. That is why we worship.

Editorial

A Tutsi’s Hope

A Zairean bishop wants American Christians to remember the struggles of the church in East Africa.

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