About This Issue: April 23, 1965

This issue announces the fifty-five-member Sponsoring Committee for the World Congress on Evangelism, CHRISTIANITY TODAY’S tenth-anniversary project scheduled for West Berlin October 26 to November 4, 1966. The committee includes influential evangelical leaders from twenty countries. CHRISTIANITY TODAY solicits the prayer of Christians everywhere that the congress will light the fuse for a spiritual explosion with worldwide impact. The complete list of Sponsoring Committee members begins on page 53.

Also in this issue

The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Christianity Today April 23, 1965

Cover Story

World Congress Sponsoring Committee

Cover Story

Ministry in Mission

Joseph G. Moore

Cover Story

Church and Government

Thomas B. McDormand

Cover Story

Effective Evangelism

Cover Story

What’s Wrong with ‘Church Renewal’?

Louise Stoltenberg

The Eternal Verities: The Teaching of Jesus

The Jews: Special Vocation and Spiritual Need

George H. Stevens

A Preacher in Wonderland

J. Franklin McHendry

Fattening Geese or Training Athletes?

Irving L. Jensen

The Spiritual Situation in Germany

What Has Precedence?

Book Briefs: April 23, 1965

Editorial

By This Power Alone

Carl F. H. Henry

Perspective on American Christianity

Carl F. H. Henry

Eutychus and His Kin: April 23, 1965

The Papal Word and the Disputed Pill

Israel Enacts Anti-conversion Law

Ecclesiastical Affairs: COCU to Outline Six-Way Merger

Review of Current Religious Thought: April 23, 1965

Philip Edgcumbe Hughes

Our Latest

American Christians and local Muslims eating lunch together in Oman.

Evangelism Isn’t Allowed in Oman. Sharing Is.

A Christian-led interfaith group helps both Muslims and Christians explain the value of their faith.

Surgeons operate in a pediatric ward in Benin.

News

Good News About Christian Hospitals in Africa

Study author praises staff members who “stay where their presence matters most.”

The Bulletin

Hostages Come Home

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released as part of a peace deal brokered by President Trump.

A Pentecostal congregation at Ostoja Church in Opole, Poland.

News

Ukrainian Refugees Brought Revival to a Polish Church

The arrivals that transformed one congregation overnight stand to have long-lasting effects on mission in Europe.

An ‘Arise to Christ’ worship gathering.

Teaching Sunday School on Philippines’ Witchcraft Island

Esther Shin Chuang in Siquijor, Philippines

Doris Lantoria grew up on Siquijor island. Now she’s back to tell its youth about Jesus.

A mom and her child and a bright glow.

Children Are Born Believers

Research shows that kids are naturally attuned for belief in God. We adults could learn from that.

Green plants on a fiery background.

Fighting Fire with Plants

Vegetative buffers taught me how to better respond to issues that so often divide us.

lit candle and star background

Being Human

Brian Heasley & Carla Harding: Prayer That Heals Divides and Other Lessons from Northern Ireland’s Troubles

How much impact can prayer have on the biggest divides?