Plus: More than $1.5 billion served to Salvation Army, Kenya's churches offer alternative constitution, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Newton joined those who laid the groundwork for British evangelicalism—from within the Established Church.

What do Islamic sharia law and the colonial Massachusetts' Puritan experiment have in common?

The original Christian bumper sticker

Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world.

How do you pastor someone who doesn't see a need for God?

Can a purposeful church leader stop long enough to personally help individuals along the road?

Plus: Sri Lanka church burned before Sunday services.

Plus: Wesley Clark's change of tune on abortion limits, more Ten Commandments disputes, poor clergy criticized, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

The evangelical underground plotted England's and the world's salvation at a London pub.

The author of The Book of God discusses his newest novel, an ancient story, yet relevant today.

At Marburg, the last hope of a united Protestantism ran aground on the Last Supper.

The Best Christian Writing 2004 is an eclectic sampling from the spectrum of Christianity.

Planned, dramatic settings provide the catalyst for change.

What on earth (or sea) is your church here for?

An interview with Thomas Oden and J.I. Packer

Bush administration drastically lowers goals for faith-based initiative.

Alabama's Ten Commandments monument still drawing visitors despite its absence from the state Supreme Court building.

The events, people, and ideas of the past year that Christianity Today's news editors believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission.