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Missions and ministry:

• Florida minister defies drug dealers, despite threat on life | Even as common sense shook his knees, the Rev. John Guns held a tent revival and led a rally against the dealers. (The New York Times)
• Hustling for souls | His flock includes some of the meanest on Washington's mean streets. But the man they call rev sees a truth so many miss: They want out, if only someone could show them the way (The Washington Post Magazine)
• Crusader's story celebrated again | Thirty-five years after God's Smuggler, Brother Andrew gets multimedia treatment (Religion News Service)
• Thousands attend evangelical crusade | | Ventura, California, revival sponsored by 121 churches (Los Angeles Times)
• Earlier: Christians aim to 'harvest' believers (Los Angeles Times)

Church life:

• A line in the sand | 2,000-year-old Egyptian church trying to establish monastery is fought by ranchers, development foes (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Read poetry not Bible, says bishop | Richard Holloway, retired head of the Church of Scotland, says Christianity gives too many answers (The Scotsman, Edinburgh)
• Praying for 'deadbeat' churches | Block Club Union of Chicago says congregations aren't doing enough community organizing (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Blockheads casting stones at churchmen | It is bizarre that senior leaders of the official churches are held in such opprobrium by the progressive elites, who seem to feel that the only good churchman is either an atheist or a practicing homosexual. (Padraic P. McGuinness, The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Va.'s 'Saint Exxon' torn asunder | For more than 26 years, Arlington Temple United Methodist Church has worshiped above a gas station, but financial concerns have driven pumps and pulpit apart (The Washington Post)
• Growing signs of faith |The increasingly popular witticisms and pithy sayings on church signs are often regarded as a form of ministry. (The Sun, Baltimore)
• Banding together | Community of Jesus seeks to reinvent monastic life (The Boston Globe)
• Magic message: Preacher adds sparkle to his sermons | Illusions illustrate Christian truths (The Scotsman, Edinburgh)
• L.A. cathedral tapestries weave old art with new | Traditional Flemish craftsmen bring to life a California painter's vision for 'Communion of Saints.' (Los Angeles Times)
• Pastor reflects on crash that killed six | April deaths led to renewed commitment to youth ministry, says Falmouth Baptist's John A. Ely (The Boston Globe)

Denominational disputes:

• Breakup expected for Presbyterians | 73 percent of Presbyterian Church (USA) pastors anticipate schism by 2050 (The Washington Times)
• Church quits group in clash over gays | Austin's University Baptist Church opposes Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's conservative stance on homosexuality (Los Angeles Times)
• U.S. District Court judge hears arguments in suit over control of Episcopal parish | Bishop, priest also face ecclesiastical charges (The Sun, Baltimore)
• Also: Judge asked to settle church dispute (Associated Press)
• Also: Episcopal church dispute ends up in federal court (WJLA)
• Paying St Peter's but not St Paul's | Planned reform by the Church of England to the way it distributes subsidies to poor parishes is causing panic in the pews (The Guardian, London)

Politics:

• DiIulio looking forward to leaving Washington, getting back on streets | Head of White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives says he's done what he wanted to do (Religion News Service)

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August (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45