Volume 40, Number 9
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When evangelicals look in the mirror, do we see the host of The 700 Club staring back?
By Tim Stafford
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Can the East Asian church in America reverse the flight of its next generation?
By Helen Lee; Additional reporting by Ted Olsen
![Nationalism May Stall Christian Outreach in Russia Nationalism May Stall Christian Outreach in Russia](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/107531.jpg?h=123&w=220)
While the re-election of Boris Yeltsin as president likely ensures protection of religious freedom in Russia, a growing nationalist sentiment is fueling new initiatives to control Western-financed missions outreach.
By Beverly Nickles in Moscow
![Presbyterians Retain Ban on Homosexual Ordination Presbyterians Retain Ban on Homosexual Ordination](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/107532.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Within the mainline Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (PCUSA), the question of whether to tighten a ban on ordaining sexually active homosexuals is moving into the presbyteries.
By Gayle White in Albuquerque
![Cooperative Baptists Reject Formal Break with SBC Cooperative Baptists Reject Formal Break with SBC](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/107535.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Delegates of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) have soundly defeated a resolution to separate formally from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in order to form their own denomination.
By Randy Frame in Richmond
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The Christian minority in the Middle East now has access to Arabic-language Christian programs on SAT-7, a new satellite television service beamed from Cyprus.
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Religion is often as influential on Americans' political behavior as race, age, or gender, according to a report released this summer by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
By Ted Olsen