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Missions and ministry:

• 250 Dalits adopt Christianity | The Seventh Day Adventist Church had shot into the limelight in 2001 when it converted more than 1,500 dalit Hindus to Christianity (PTI)
  
  
• Answering the special call to minister to the young | Whatever the reason, it takes someone special to nurture the hearts of children, guide them with a loving hand and give them spiritual nourishment as they journey through their Christian experience (Associated Press/The Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Bible Society on a mission to spread word among Scots | The Scottish Bible Society, founded in 1809 to provide Bibles to missionaries in countries as far afield as Kenya, Korea and China, is launching its strategy on home soil after widespread concern that Scotland is turning into a nation of agnostics (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Behind the Peruvian shootdown | CIA contract pilot was "nervous" before attack on missionaries' plane (The Washington Post)

Church life:

• Dressing down for summer worship | Across the nation, many churches are making a conscious effort to allow more informal attire for summer worship (The New York Times)
  
  
• Husband and wife—and the father | A man whose wife married their priest sues the Arlington Diocese for millions (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Sacred mysteries | I had thought that some of the conservative Evangelicals in the Anglican Communion had been crying wolf when they said that the issue of homosexuality could lead to schism. But now, despite an attempt to paper over the cracks, a schism does seem to be opening up. (Christopher Howse, The Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Congregations working to make church buildings handicapped accessible | It's not just about wheelchair ramps (The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.)
  
  
• Land prices too steep for many churches | Some church groups rent space in City Hall, Kennedy Community Center and the local library for their services (The Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.)
  
  
• Churches losing faith in vans | For the past two years, the U.S. Department of Transportation has been issuing warnings about 15-passenger vans because of the increased number of rollover crashes, many involving religious groups (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Couples can tie knot in inflatable church | It is 47ft high from ground to steeple and includes a blow-up organ, altar, pulpit, pews, candles and a gold cross. It even has plastic "stained glass" windows (Ananova)

Pop culture:

• What would Jesus write? | Christian film critics offer answers (The Bergen [N.J.] Record)
  
  
• Screenwriters try to be good while doing well | A support group helps its members reconcile career success in a secular business with honoring God (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Lessons from the 'Soprano' family | While others see mob boss Tony Soprano as a violent, depraved killer, Houston pastor Chris Seay identifies with his values (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Oh, let me be banned | For book sales, you can't beat banning (A.C. Snow, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)

Education:

• Public schools vs. Mom and Dad | The public-education monopoly can't stand the thought of ''un- qualified'' parents teaching their own children. That is why they are cracking down on home schooling. (Michelle Malkin, The Miami Herald)
  
  

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August (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46