Germany's main Protestant body will contribute $4.7 million to compensation fund.

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Southern Baptists work and witness in Chicago street outreach.

Bourgeois bohemians wield inordinate power over how we think about consumerism, morality—and faith itself.

Presbyterians, Catholics try to reconcile as expulsions persist in Chiapas.

Plus: Street preachers discuss strategy, Bush is tired of articles about his faith, and other news stories from the mainstream press.

Should we distinguish between public and private discourse?

The stained glass ceiling has been pierced, says Vashti McKenzie.

Christians worried about dividing Old City between Palestinian and Israeli control.

Indonesian army joining in attacks on Christians.

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Chronicling the forgotten gender in the Bible and church history.

What a dying infant taught her mother about God's ways.

U.N. agency proposing emergency resettlement for Christian convert from Islam.

What film critics are saying about X-Men, The Perfect Storm, and how the movies are changing human sexuality.

After pregame prayer is barred, educators say they do not need a microphone to pray.

Did India's National Commission for Minorities plan meeting to discredit Christians?

But former youth squad member refuses to finger person behind last June's beating.

A report from the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference.