Christian leaders around the country have agreed that it’s time for us to talk. Circumstances in our world have changed dramatically in recent years. Globalization has accelerated thanks to digital communication technologies. New political realities have made fundamentalist forms of Islam and Hinduism a rising danger. The number of children orphaned by HIV/Aids is expected to reach 20 million this year. And a poor African woman represents the new face of Christianity as the church continues to expand rapidly in the global south and shrink in Europe and North America.