• Embrace Christianity as Total World and Life View, Ministry Leaders Say

  The time is now for the church to return to the sufficiency of Scripture, said a ministry head. Scott T. Brown, director of the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches, opened a three-day conference on Thursday calling attention to the urgency of the matter.

• Poll: Fewer Americans Give Clergy High Honesty, Ethics Ratings

  Only half of Americans rate the honesty and ethics of clergy as very high or high, a new Gallup poll reveals.

• Christians Convene to Affirm Sufficiency of Scripture

  There can be no denying the fact that America is in crisis, says a group of Christians. And to find the cause of the bad health of the nation, the group says, "Look to church."

• Report: Mainline Protestant Churches Face Rockier Future

  Mainline Protestant churches seem to have weathered the past decade better than many people have assumed, but the future is raising serious challenges to continued stability, said a Christian pollster.

• NIV Translation Team Adds Two More Scholars

  Bill Mounce, who was part of the translation team for the English Standard Version of the Bible, was elected this week to join the NIV team.