In a country with one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, children are seen as a nuisance. But they are a blessing that can pierce the idols of efficiency.

A damaged Christian church near the National Police Headquarters in downtown Khartoum.

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Sudan’s Civil War Destroyed Hospitals and Churches

Emmanuel Nwachukwu in Khartoum

Local doctors and Christians are trying to rebuild lives in the capital city.

Farmers harvest tea leaves at a tea plantation in Bomet County, Kenya on February 4, 2026.

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Iran Tensions Threaten Kenya’s Largest Export Industry: Tea

Moses Wasamu

Christian farmers struggle to avoid bankruptcy.

A girl walking on floating stepping stones.

Q&A: Douglas McKelvey on Gen Z’s Lack of Rites of Passage

Interview by Ashley Hales

The Rabbit Room’s newest prayer book urges readers to join God’s mission in young adulthood.

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE: January/February 1996

Also in this issue

A Social History of Truth

The Man Who Heard Voices, Part 1

Clockwork Origins? Part 3

Clockwork Origins? Part 2

Clockwork Origins? Part 1

EDITOR'S NOTE

Japan's Faithful Judas, Part 2

Japan's Faithful Judas, Part 1

In Brief: January 01, 1996

LETTERS

A Word in Season

Shadows of the Mind

The Mismeasure of Evangelicals

In the Names of the Fathers

L.A. Without Angels

Ingenuity's Outcasts

Grace in the Ghetto

The Left-behind Jesus

Science and Religion in the Era of William James

New Bank Merger

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