Invigorated by the election, African-American and Hispanic leaders are reaching out on a range of political fronts.

National Geographic stacks the deck.

Plus: Flying Anglican bishops, Kristof at it again, clergy in Canada turn to the union, the Air Force and Christianity, Thanksgiving ministry, and more articles from online sources around the world.

A trip through Pennsylvania's Lancaster County.

President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.

Christians seek healing in Beslan.

It can be hard to trust, but failing to is worse.

Plus: Ethical embryonic stem-cell research? And other stories from online sources around the world.

A roundup from the National Communication Association's annual convention.

Richard John Neuhaus on the Catholic bishops' decision to join Christian Churches Together.

'Tis the season when even the free-ranging revivalist pulls up a chair to the table of historic liturgy.

Love That Works: seeking a better understanding.

Law would shut down many faith-based groups.

Plus: Another Dutch evil, banning the Declaration of Independence, gay Methodist trial, Rowan Williams's warnings, and more than 370 other stories from online sources around the world.

It's not perfect, nor it is a mere organization; my church IS a church.

The Discovery Channel's Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? seeks to determine if God really killed Pharaoh's oldest son.

Michael W. Smith and Steve Taylor are making a feature-length movie about cross-cultural ministry, right in one's own backyard. We visited them on the set recently in Nashville to get the scoop.