• Martyrs' Brigade: Militant Muslims murder Christians in Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Sudan, and Nigeria.
  
  
• Might for the Right: Conservative Christians rally as Republicans gain control of Congress.
  
  
• Pronoun Politics: Bible scholars dispute gender translation in Today's New International Version.
  
  
• Faith Clash: Missouri Synod Lutherans, Baptists, and other conservatives struggle over participating in interfaith services.
  
  
• Theology-rattling: With an eye on Iraq, Christians debate just-war doctrine, merits of pre-emptive attack.
  
  
• Staying the Course: 'Confessing' movement of classic Christians expands inside mainline denominations.
  
  
• Persecution Archive: New documents from China chronicle 22,000 cases of religious persecution.
  
  
• Public School Pullout: More Christian parents, objecting to pro-gay curriculum, remove kids from public education.
  
  
• Untying the Gay Knot: Conservatives gather support for Federal Marriage Amendment. Canadian Anglicans split over same-sex unions.
  
  
• Dalit Turnabout: Asia's 'Untouchables' reject Hinduism; more turn to Christianity than ever before.

See Christianity Today's Top Ten New Stories of 2001 and 2000.