Top Ten Religion Stories of the Decade

  1. Christians worldwide resist religious persecution.
  2. After Communism's collapse, missions surge into East-bloc nations.
  3. Promise Keepers encourages men to refocus on faith, family.
  4. Revivals in Toronto and Pensacola draw a global audience.
  5. Lutherans, Catholics ink justification accord.
  6. Christian Right bolsters GOP majority in Congress.
  7. Physician-assisted suicide legally authorized in Oregon.
  8. Northern Ireland's Protestants, Catholics embrace peace.
  9. Gender-inclusive language debate derails NIV Bible changes.
  10. (tie) Christian leaders implicated in Rwandan genocide. Seeker-sensitive worship renews mainline congregations.

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Cover Story

How God Won When Politics Failed

Tim Stafford

Cover Story

The Forgiveness Factor

Gary Thomas

Things We Ought to Know

reviewed by Harold O. J. Brown

Letters to the Editor: January 10, 2000

It Takes a Village to Fight Divorce

Why We Like Harry Potter

A Christianity Today Editorial

Forgive and Remember

Author Wendy Shalit Is Proud to Be Modest

A conversation between Lauren F. Winner and Wendy Shalit

In the Word: On the Receiving End

Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Take, Eat—But How Often?

Craig S. Keener

Classic & Contemporary Excerpts from January 10, 2000

Popular Culture: The Film Dogma Is Anti-Dogma

Douglas LeBlanc

Time for a Change

In Print: Beyond Do-Goodism

New & Noteworthy: Christian Living

Beating the Odds

Setting Captives Free

Jody Veenker

Chasing Amy

Taming the Reformation

Douglas A. Sweeney

Out of the Ashes

John W. Kennedy in Riobamba

Paying for Free Speech

Gordon Govier in Madison, Wisconsin

New Bibles Carry Hefty Price Tags

Wire Story

Sudan: CSI Loses U.N. Status

Religion News Service

Wire Story

Methodists: Creech stripped of clergy credentials

Religion News Service

Presbyterians Support Same-Sex Unions

Son's Death Shakes Up Sect

James A. Beverley

Updates: January 10, 2000

Children's Literature: Parents Push for Wizard-free Reading

David Keim

People: North America

Wire Story

Baptist Foundation of America Lands in Bankruptcy Court

Herb Hollinger, Baptist Press

Higher Education: Crumbling Family Values

Douglas LeBlanc

Nigeria: Islamic Law Raises Tensions

Obed Minchakpu in Jos, Nigeria, with Compas Direct

Costa Rica: Coffee Sales Perk Up Ministry Support

Deann Alford

Briefs: The World

Northern Ireland: Peace at Last?

Mary Cagney

Smorgasbord Spirituality

James A. Beverley in Cape Town

India: Loving the Lepers

By Anto Ankara in New Delhi, Ecumenical News International

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Analysis

Republicans and Democrats Clash on Epstein File Release

The Bulletin with Nicole Martin

The newest documents remind Christians to support sexual abuse victims.

Evangelicals Confront a Revolutionary Age

A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.

News

Hindu Nationalists Attack Missionaries in Northern India

One victim describes the mob descending on their bus, a rare occurrence in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

News

Armenia Holds Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Amid Church Arrests

Some see the crackdown as persecution, others challenge the national church’s ties to Russia.

Review

A New Jesus Horror Movie Wallows In Affliction

Peter T. Chattaway

“The Carpenter’s Son,” starring Nicolas Cage, is disconnected from biblical hope.

News

Kenya Clergy Oppose Bill Aimed at Regulating Churches

Moses Wasamu

Pastors say the proposed law could harm religious freedoms.

The Bulletin

Israeli Settler Violence, Epstein Emails, and BrinGing Back Purity

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

West Bank skirmishes, Congress releases Epstein documents mentioning Trump, and Gen Z reconsiders purity culture.

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Christians from 45 Countries Call for Zion Church Pastor’s Release

Meanwhile in China, the house church continues to gather and baptize new believers.

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