Volume 43, Number 8
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The Christian & Missionary Alliance apologizes to adults abused as missionary kids in Africa.
By Gayle White in Atlanta.
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Will racial reconciliation move beyond amnesty for those who admitted their errors?
By Odhiambo Okite.
![The Ministry of Safe Play The Ministry of Safe Play](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109108.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Columbus, Ohio, Christians fight community decay with a friendly recreation area and Bible studies.
By Clem Boyd in Columbus.
![Integrating Mars and Venus Integrating Mars and Venus](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109123.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Gender-based ministries may be effective, but are they biblical?
Rebecca Merrill Groothius and Douglas Groothius
![A Cracked Code A Cracked Code](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109128.jpg?h=123&w=220)
It is not the form of the Scriptures or the sequence of its letters that conveys its truth, but rather the content of the book.
Ben Witherington III
![New Song, Familiar Tune New Song, Familiar Tune](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109130.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Jan Karon's latest Mitford installment changes locales to talk about living where you're at.
Lauren F. Winner
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The frustrated Episcopalian is not a frustrated evangelist.
By Lauren F. Winner. Quotations are drawn from an article in The Living Church, a magazine of Episcopal life.