Giving and Getting in 1997

Donations in 1997 rose 7.5% to $143.5 billion. Individual gifts to religious causes were the most common.

Where the Money Came From

Corporations: 5.7% Bequests: 8.8% Foundations: 9.3% Individuals: 76.2%

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The Good HMO

Is Hell Forever?

The Baroness Cox: The Homeless Church of Myanmar

Theology for the Rest of Us

PAX TV off the Ground

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Reconcilers Fellowship Folds

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Evangelicals Are Not an Interest Group

LifeLine Subscribers Get Busy Signal

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John W. Kennedy

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Belinda Pollard in Brisbane

Religion Law Jeopardizes Evangelism

Barbara G. Baker, Compass Direct

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Signs of Canaanite Jerusalem Found

Gordon Govier

New Coptic Church Forcibly Closed

Compass Direct News Service

C. S. Lewis Birth Bash Draws Crowd

Christine J. Gardner

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The Prodigal Who Didn’t Come Home

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Michael G. Maudlin, Managing Editor

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Jim Jones in Dallas

More PK Downsizing

by Art Moore

Congress: Curbing Religious Persecution Difficult

Tony Carnes

Split Deepens over Religious Liberty Bill

Christine J. Gardner

Christian Science: Sect Polishes Image

Mark A. Kellner

Terrorism: Bombings Inflame Religious Tensions

Connie Kisuke in Nairobi

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Deann Alford in San Jose, Costa Rica

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Carolyn McCulley

A Postmodern Primer to Doctrine

Jerusalem as Jesus Views It

Calvin E. Shenk

Smuggling Jesus into Muslim Hearts

Wendy Murray Zoba

The Muslim Challenge

Brother Andrew with Verne Becker

Satan with a Stethoscope

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Putting Death in Your Daytimer

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The Lord Puts Strange Hooks in the Mouths of Men

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Finishing Well

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The Unmoral Prophets

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