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A meditation on the lives of contemporary martyrs.
A meditation on the lives of contemporary martyrs.
The struggle for justice receives a boost from Christian ministries.
Will Christianity's oldest church survive the peace process?
From the Living Bible to the New Living Translation.
Forty years after five missionaries lost their lives in the Ecuadorian jungle, the killers explain what really happened.
A Zairean bishop wants American Christians to remember the struggles of the church in East Africa.
Pastors are overworked, underpaid, and bear the weight of unrealistic expectations. Why then are so many so satisfied?
How shall we reconcile the glorious birth of the Savior with the bloody deaths of the boys of Bethlehem?
These "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
These "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
These "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
Evangelicalism's power couple closes in on their radical mission.
Bible society cancels plans for 'gender-accurate' Bible after public outcry.
Thirteen years after his death, Schaeffer's vision and frustrations continue to haunt evangelicalism.
Thirteen years after his death, Schaeffer's vision and frustrations continue to haunt evangelicalism.

May 18, 1291: The last Christian territory taken by the Crusaders, Acre, falls to the Sultan of Egypt (see issue 40: The Crusades).

May 18, 1834: Sheldon Jackson, Presbyterian missionary to the frontier West and Alaska, is born in Minaville, New York. Jackson's reputation for ministering to the spiritual, physical, and social needs of both natives and settlers earned him the nicknames "Bishop of All Beyond" and "Apostle to Alaska" (see issue 66: How the West Was Really Won). ...

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