Christianity Today

September, 2021

Volume 65, Number 6

Teach Us to Pray
July/August, 2021

Our September issue went to press before the stunningly rapid fall of Afghanistan’s government. This month’s cover honors the history of faithful, unseen service in Afghanistan on the part of local believers and Christian aid workers. With US troops largely gone from the country and the Taliban now firmly in control, it’s easy to forget that the church was at work there long before America’s “forever war” began—and will remain at work there, in whatever form it takes, now that the war has ended.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

What Christian Aid Workers Want You to Know About Afghanistan

US forces are withdrawing after 20 years, but the story of Christian aid work goes far beyond military conflict.

Cover Story

She Was Captured by the Taliban in 2001. But God Gave Her a Bigger Story.

Q&A with Heather Mercer who went on to work for freedom in Kurdistan and adopt a Kurdish son.

Features

God Uses Changing Climates to Change Societies

In the Bible and in history, crises in creation can lead to reformation.

Testimony

I Went to Hollywood to Make My Own Music. Now I Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord.

How a celebrity vocal coach changed her tune after encountering the truths of Scripture.

Where the Great Commission Meets Deportation

For millions of immigrants, removal from the United States is the heartbreaking end of a dream. For these two, it was also the birth of a ministry.

More from this Issue

Our September Issue: Hope Beyond the Headlines

In Afghanistan as elsewhere, there is more than meets the media’s eye.

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Responses to our May/June issue.

News

News

Safeguard Gaps Leave Refugees Vulnerable to Sexual Abuse, Exploitation

Jordan church got hundreds of thousands of dollars in international Christian aid, but little to no oversight.

News

Ministering to the 9/11 First Responders Who Never Had to Be Told to ‘Never Forget’

Twenty years after terrorist attack, the spiritual needs of survivors continue.

News

Pro-Life Advocates Push Local Resolutions

Tired of failures at the ballot box and in courts, some turn to community declarations.

News

1 out of 3 New Guitars Are Purchased for Worship Music

Industry study says church bands are core business.

Reviews

Review

Fannie Lou Hamer’s Fight for First-Class Citizenship

Remembering a courageous civil rights activist whose name and story are too little known.

Well-Intentioned Sin Is Still Sin and Deserves Judgment

Why a holy God can’t overlook even the smallest offense.

Getting High Is (Increasingly) Lawful. Is It Ever Beneficial?

A pastor’s perspective on recreational and medicinal marijuana.

Review

Understanding Autism from the Inside

In a candid account of living on the spectrum, a Taylor University professor invites us to see his “deficiencies” as gifts.

Views

Editorial

The Church Has Helped to Heal Those It Once Hurt

We can imitate those in Acts 6 who responded to the needs of neglected and oppressed women.

Why Christians Keep Preaching to Themselves

Sanctification, while certain, is not sudden.

Why Environmental Destruction Is Bad for Worship

When we destroy God’s creation, we can no longer hear its call to awe.

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