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McKinney and Finke's "Reviving the Mainline" study is available (with a free registration) as a PDF from The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Acts of Faith by Rodney Stark and Roger Finke is available at Amazon.com and other retailers.

The Institute on Religion and Democracy website is also the home of the Association for Church Renewal.

The PCUSA Confessing Church Movement site offers links to news stories, commentary pieces, and other resources.

The website of the Confessing Movement within The United Methodist Church lists its doctrinal standards, posts news, and runs an official newsletter.

Charles Keysor's Good News offers more information on the movement, magazine archives, and a history of renewal in the United Methodist church.

For articles on related denominational disputes, see Christianity Today's life ethics, church life, and sexuality and gender archives. CT articles on confessing movements within mainline denominations include:

'Confessing' Christians Stick It Out | Some conservatives, however, give up on reforming their denominations. (November 27, 2001)

Will Presbyterians Embrace 'Confessing Movement'? | Conservatives threaten to withhold money if national leadership doesn't agree with affirmations. (May 9, 2001)

Mainstreaming the Mainline | Methodist evangelicals pull a once 'incurably liberal' denomination back toward the orthodox center. (August 18, 2000)

Articles about United Methodist Bishop Joseph Sprague's heresy trial include:

Christian History Corner: Heresy, Salvation, and Jack the Ripper—Christianity Today (Feb. 28, 2003)

Methodist bishop cleared of heresy—Chicago Sun Times (Feb. 20, 2003)

Complaints dismissed against Bishop Joseph Sprague—United Methodist News Service (Feb. 18, 2003)

Bishop Sprague Assails "Christo-Centric Exclusivism"—UM Action (May 16, 2003)

Previous Christianity Today articles by Michael S. Hamilton include:

Patrons of the Evangelical Mind | Why has evangelical scholarship soared in the last few decades? Native intellectual talent is one reason, to be sure. But an infusion of cash didn't hurt. (July 7, 2002)

We're in the Money! | How did evangelicals get so wealthy, and what has it done to us? (June 9, 2000)

The Dissatisfaction of Francis Schaeffer | Thirteen years after his death, Schaeffer's vision and frustrations continue to haunt evangelicalism. (March 3, 1997)

The Triumph of the Praise Songs | How guitars beat out the organ in the worship wars. (July 12, 1999)

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