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The article discusses a paper, composed by progressive Christian group the Third Way, titled "Come Let Us Reason Together." The paper proposes strategies for bringing together progressive and evangelical Christians, and for promoting Christian ideals in a political context. The paper offers specific advice on certain divisive issues such as abortion, the treatment of gay men and lesbians, and the propriety of stem-cell research, which the author relates in detail.

The article focuses on the November 2007 Global Christian Forum in Nairobi, Kenya which included official representation from the spectrum of Christian denominations from around the world. The shift of the church to developing nations is discussed and the effects of isolating their growing church communities from those in developed nations is explored. Particular focus is given to the importance of building relationships between diverse denominations.