Table of Contents

The truth doesn't have to hurt

Cover Story Sidebar | Proponents of those syndicated fundraising letters that use stereotypical profiles and make emotional appeals for money to buy food say the approach is necessary. They argue that directors of smaller missions can have a high-quality letter for a fraction of the money it would cost to produce one on their own, that donors will send money for food but are less likely to send money for literacy programs or other ministries of the mission, and that the letters must be anonymous to protect the

But it's for a good cause...

Cover Story | The ends and means of mission fundraising

In this issue: "Urban mission fundraising," Sept. 27, 1997

Features

Subscriber Content

Well-connected Riadys

International |  Lippo Group owners also have ties in the evangelical world

Subscriber Content

It's for the children

National |  To expand opportunity, expand students' education choices

Subscriber Content

GOP's zero-sum game

National |  Republicans hope amendment to gut education department budget will force White House into compromise on testing; conservatives worry GOP leadership will cave…

Dispatches

Subscriber Content

Quotables

"At each step, the heel of your leading foot did not pass the toe of the trailing foot by more than one inch. As a result, you required 13 minutes longer than…

Subscriber Content

This Week

I'd rather bait and switch Anti-tobacco lawyers are angry with President Clinton's 11th-hour objections to the $368.5 billion settlement hammered out this…

Reviews

Subscriber Content

Video: Mr. Chips, join the NEA

Video |  Videos on teachers mirror American educational decline

Subscriber Content

Beltway Books: Co-op or co-opt?

Books |  How government corrupts officials, cities, and charities

Subscriber Content

Film: Feel-bad movies

Movies |  A shift from postmodern games to facing the bitter truth

Subscriber Content

Music: Bookish rock 'n' roll

Music |  The Vigilantes of Love play for Christian romantics

Subscriber Content

Culture Notes

Culture |  The rumors of the death of print have been greatly exaggerated The rise of the new electronic media means the end of the books, according to some futurists.

Voices

Subscriber Content

Mailbag

Beware of strings As parents of four children in private Christian schools we would benefit greatly from tuition tax credits or vouchers ("Yes, sir, Mr.

Subscriber Content

He stills my soul

When despair comes, God provides old men in Speedos

Subscriber Content

Making bureaucracy irrelevant

Why debate federal testing? Just ignore the testers

Subscriber Content

The Bad Deal

Sending a bad message with education lies

Advertisement