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[United Kingdom] Customs Confusion New visa rules trip up traveling religious workers. Bobby Ross Jr. \| posted 5/14/2009 08:52AM Atheists' Outreach Debating God on public transit draws Christian response. Laurie Fortunak \| posted 1/21/2009 10:36AM	[Ukraine] Faith and Hope in Ukraine How Eastern Europe's most missional evangelical church is rethinking tradition and the Great Commission. Susan Wunderink \| posted 10/17/2008 04:30PM In Ukraine's Capital, Mayoral Campaigns Offer Hugs and Sermons Looking for votes among Kyiv's skeptical evangelicals. Susan Wunderink in Kyiv, Ukraine \| posted 5/23/2008 08:35AM

[Sweden] Seminaries in Peril Government evaluation threatens training of Swedish pastors. Collin Hansen \| posted 7/27/2009 10:13AM No Free Speech in Preaching Swedish pastor sentenced to jail for blasting homosexuality. By Lars Grip, ENI, in Stockholm \| posted 8/01/2004 12:00AM	[Spain] Books & Culture Corner: Letter from Spain A former resident returns to find that it is still stony ground for the Gospel Jeff M. Sellers \| posted 3/01/2003 12:00AM

[Slovak Republic] Slovak Churches Applaud Decision To Drop Plan For Yoga In Schools "Christian culture would have been threatened by plan, leaders say." Jonathan Luxmoore \| posted 10/01/2001 12:00AM Slovakia's Catholics and Lutherans Reach Agreement on Baptism Signing clears the way for the common celebration of other inter-church accords. Jonathan Luxmoore \| posted 6/01/2001 12:00AM	[Serbia and Montenegro] Belgrade Curve Evangelicals fear greater power of state, Orthodox church. Kristian Kahrs in Belgrade \| posted 7/01/2006 12:00AM Yugoslavia: Divided by distrust Kosovo's evangelicals take slow steps toward ethnic reconciliation Kristian Kahrs \| posted 2/01/2003 12:00AM

[Russia] A Mending in Moscow? Evangelicals hope new Orthodox patriarch will improve ecumenical relations. Susan Wunderink \| posted 3/12/2009 09:38AM Freedom Is Not Our Goal Solzhenitsyn's death reminds us about freedom's cost and biblical purpose. Collin Hansen \| posted 8/11/2008 08:58AM	[Portugal] Catholics Apologize to Portugal's Jews Peace Conference in Lisbon ends with an apology, and a document denouncing 'religious' wars. By Mika Palo \| posted 10/01/2000 12:00AM Fatima's Third Secret Overshadows Historic Beatification of Two Children Vision interpreted as prophecy of 1981 assassination attempt on pope's life By Mika Palo in Fatima, Portugal \| posted 5/16/00 \| posted 5/01/2000 12:00AM

[Poland] Under Reconstruction How Eastern Europe's evangelicals are restoring the church's vitality. by Nate Anderson and Leah Seppanen Anderson \| posted 10/13/2005 12:00AM The Pope We Never Knew The unknown story of how John Paul II ushered Campus Crusade into Catholic Poland. by David Scott \| posted 4/19/2005 12:00AM	[Norway] The Longest Sunday "A church in Norway first held an 88-hour service, and now it wants to sing through the hymnal" Ted Olsen \| posted 1/07/2002 12:00AM Norway's Lutherans Apologize to Gypsies Church asks forgiveness for the injustices and infringements committed against the Romany people. By Bjarke Larsen \| posted 12/01/2000 12:00AM

[Netherlands] Religions of Peace? Christians, Muslims appeal for calm after attacks. By ENI, in Amsterdam \| posted 12/08/2004 12:00AM Slaughter of the Innocents, 2004 The Netherlands celebrates Christmas by reenacting Herod. By Frederica Mathewes-Green \| posted 12/01/2004 12:00AM	[Macedonia] Macedonian President, a Former Methodist Lay Minister, Dies in Plane Crash Boris Trajkovski promoted peace in a country divided by Orthodox Christian and Muslim distrust. By Rob Moll \| posted 2/01/2004 12:00AM From Lay Pastor to President Macedonia's Boris Trajkovski uses both compassion and toughness to defuse a Balkan powder keg Tony Carnes \| posted 5/21/2001 12:00AM

[Italy] World's Religions Gather At Assisi to Reject Violence and Call for Peace The Pope tells religious groups, Violence never again! War never again! Terrorism never again! Luigi Sandri \| posted 1/01/2002 12:00AM A Bishop and Two Theologians Propose a Radical Reform in College of Cardinals Italian media speculate some cardinals could suggest an update of the papal election process. Luigi Sandri \| posted 6/01/2001 12:00AM	[Ireland] What We Can Know about Saint Patrick He wasn't the first to bring Christianity to Ireland, but he was a pivotal figure. Jon M. Sweeney \| posted 3/17/2009 10:05AM IrishWatch Get into the Saint Patrick's Day mood with an eclectic selection of websites concerning all things Irish. Derek (O')Keefe \| posted 3/17/2009 10:03AM

[Pan-Europe] Pastor Charged with Criminal Discrimination Finland's courts step in after visiting pastor refuses to lead service with a woman. Sarah Pulliam \| posted 11/01/2007 09:13AM Allah's Continent? Not so fast, says Philip Jenkins in God's Continent. Review by Agnieszka Tennant \| posted 8/20/2007 08:58AM	[Greece] … And Orthodox Division Greek Orthodox prepare for contentious assembly in New York. By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service \| posted 7/01/2004 12:00AM Greece: Socialists Give Evangelicals Some Relief Greek Orthodox Church fights plan to remove religion designation on identity cards Peter P. Moschovis \| posted 9/03/2001 12:00AM

[Germany] An Invisible Wall Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a pastor in Berlin assesses Germany's spiritual climate. Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Berlin \| posted 11/09/2009 11:29AM After the Wall Reflections on 20 years of mission in Europe Jonathan Lamb \| posted 11/09/2009 10:46AM	[France] Redeeming the Memory of the Holocaust French president's plan shows promise but carries a potential problem. Collin Hansen \| posted 2/22/2008 09:15AM Saving the Suburbs Riots prompt Christians to reach out more to Muslims. by Agnieszka Tennant \| posted 12/01/2005 12:00AM

[Denmark] Lutherans Losing State Church Status? Scandinavians debate the pros and cons of cutting ties between state and church. By Bjarke Larsen \| posted 12/01/2000 12:00AM	[Czech Republic] Under Reconstruction How Eastern Europe's evangelicals are restoring the church's vitality. by Nate Anderson and Leah Seppanen Anderson \| posted 10/13/2005 12:00AM Czech Churches Protest Against Law Bringing Religion Under State Control New legislation limits church projects, gives government jurisdiction over opening places of worship. Jonathan Luxmoore \| posted 1/01/2002 12:00AM

[Croatia] Bishops Worry War Crime Tribunal Will Create Martyrs Four government ministers resign in protest of Croatia's handing over of generals. Jonathan Luxmoore \| posted 7/01/2001 12:00AM	[Bulgaria] Haunted by Totalitarianism Communism no longer menaces Bulgarian churches—in theory Viktor Kostov \| posted 10/22/2001 12:00AM

[Bosnia and Herzegovina] "Sarajevo Is 'Liberal, Multi-Cultural and Tolerant', Insists Peace Official" But Roman Catholic charity says Bosnia-Herzegovina is developing into an Islamic state. Jonathan Luxmoore \| posted 4/01/2001 12:00AM Kosovo Takes a Lesson from Bosnia in Interfaith Relations Muslim, Orthodox, and Catholics join for democracy and human rights By Jonathan Luxmoore in Warsaw \| posted 5/1/00 \| posted 5/01/2000 12:00AM	[Belgium] Belgium: Deported as 'Illegal' Officials expel four Assemblies of God volunteers. Compass Direct \| posted 4/22/2002 12:00AM

[Belarus] More Money, Less Liberty Observers parse motives behind new tax exemption. Boaz Herzog \| posted 3/01/2006 12:00AM Restricting Faith New law makes it harder than ever to be non-Orthodox Lincoln Brunner \| posted 11/18/2002 12:00AM	[Austria] Conference of European Churches Will Boycott Austrian Churches Despite Pleas for Non-Isolation Austria's crisis is a 'severe warning' to churches, says CEC leade By Stephen Brown, Ecumenical News International, in Geneva \| posted 2/01/2000 12:00AM Austria's Christians gain support in stand against racism By Jonathan Luxmoore in Warsaw \| posted 2/01/2000 12:00AM

[Albania] Q&A: Daniel B. Wallace On his organization's ancient New Testament manuscript haul in Albania. Interview by Derek Keefe \| posted 4/23/2008 09:18AM Book Uncovers a Lonely, Spiritually Desolate Mother Teresa "There is no God in me," she wrote. Shona Crabtree, Religion News Service \| posted 8/30/2007 01:42PM

Talk, Research, Marry
What Elizabeth Gilbert discovered about marriage before she ate her words in Committed.

Review by Cindy Crosby | posted 2/09/2010 09:49AM

Casting Too Wide a Net
Ministries protest proposed finance reform.

Ken Walker | posted 2/09/2010 09:50AM

Readers Write
Your responses to the December 2009 issue of Christianity Today.

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Why Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself
New book reopens questions on self-denial and "what is lacking in Christ's afflictions."

Collin Hansen | posted 2/08/2010 09:11AM

Quotation Marks
Recent remarks Jim Dobson's new organization, Montana's assisted suicide, and other topics.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 2/08/2010 09:12AM

More important than winning the argument against relativism is winning the relativist for Christ.

Mark L. Y. Chan | posted 1/21/2010 04:23PM

My Top 5 Books on Sports
Picks from Andrew Parker, professor of sport and Christian outreach at the University of Gloucestershire

Andrew Parker | posted 2/05/2010 10:01AM

Go Figure
Recent statistics on converts' zeal, faith-based funding, preaching social issues, and other topics.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 2/05/2010 10:00AM

FRC, AFA Say Gay Sex Should Be a Crime
The debate over antisodomy laws moves from Uganda back to the U.S. Also: Groups debate immigration reform, abstinence education, and Scott Roeder.

Tobin Grant | posted 2/05/2010 11:31AM

Are We Transformed Yet?
Why the spiritually mature don't talk about how God has made them spiritually mature.

Mark Galli | posted 2/04/2010 09:27AM

Faith Equals Action
To White House Fellow Adam Taylor, the math is simple.

Mark Moring and Tim Stafford | posted 2/04/2010 09:29AM

Strong on Zeal, Thin in Knowledge
Lessons from Haiti's arrest of American Christians trying to take children out of the country.

Jedd Medefind | posted 2/03/2010 09:56AM

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