EARNING YOUR TRUST, EVERY DAY. 02.13.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3 “HONG KONG HAS ENTERED A COLD WINTER. THE WIND IS STRONG AND COLD.” —P. 56 —P. COLD.” AND STRONG IS WIND THE WINTER. COLD A ENTERED HAS KONG “HONG THE INSURRECTIONIST HERESYP.38 PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGER COLLEGE VISIT OPTIONS DESIGNED FOR YOU Virtual. In-person. Your choice. College Days* A multi-day event to experience life as a college student. Explore PCC* A one-day guided visit to give you a personalized look into college life. College at a Glance A live webinar designed to answer your questions from the comfort of your home. Campus Tours* Can’t make it to an event? Pick a date that works for you and schedule your tour of campus. Find out more and reserve your spot at go.pcci.edu/WorldVisit *Events are subject to change based on current conditions. FEATURES 02.13.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3 50 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BUSINESS SURVIVORS Street-level views of how small businesses in America and beyond are faring by Marvin Olasky and the 2021 WJI mid-career class 38 44 56 CRISIS OF FAITH SOUTHERN BAPTIST DIVISION FREEDOM FIGHTER How can Christians prevent Amid debates on race within the Christian Benny Tai helps political passion from turning Southern Baptist Convention, some lead Hong Kong’s fight for democracy to unholy furor? black pastors wonder if it’s the right even as Beijing continues its clampdown denomination for their churches by Jamie Dean by June Cheng and Erica Kwong by Sophia Lee PHOTO BY DANIELLE RICHARDS/GENESIS 02.13.21 WORLD DEPARTMENTS 02.13.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3 5 MAILBAG 6 NOTES FROM THE CEO 65 Hank Aaron in 1973 Dispatches Culture Notebook “I WAS JUST A 11 NEWS ANALYSIS 21 MOVIES & TV 63 SPORTS President Joe Biden’s WandaVision, MAN DOING Playing ball flurry of executive Disenchantment, Run in Austin orders continues a trend Hide Fight, Fisherman’s SOMETHING Friends, Spycraft 65 SPORTS 13 BY THE NUMBERS THAT GOD HAD Home run 26 BOOKS hero 14 HUMAN RACE Racism’s far-reaching GIVEN ME THE effects POWER TO DO, 66 HISTORY 15 QUOTABLES 28 CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND I WAS 67 TECHNOLOGY 16 QUICK TAKES 30 Q&A LIVING LIKE AN Kira Davis OUTCAST IN MY Voices 34 MUSIC 8 Joel Belz Two box sets highlight OWN COUNTRY.” 18 Janie B. Cheaney American folk music’s 36 Mindy Belz ON THE COVER: illustration eccentricities 70 Andrée Seu Peterson by Mark Fredrickson 72 Marvin Olasky 2 WORLD 02.13.21 HERB SCHARFMAN/SPORTS IMAGERY/GETTY IMAGES BIBLICALLY OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM THAT INFORMS, EDUCATES, AND INSPIRES “THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF; THE WORLD AND THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN.” —PSALM 24:1 EDITOR IN CHIEF Marvin Olasky WORLD NEWS GROUP SENIOR EDITOR Mindy Belz CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Kevin Martin CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER Nick Eicher WORLD MAGAZINE FOUNDER Joel Belz ARE DEVELOPMENT Pierson Gerritsen, Debra Meissner, EDITOR Michael Reneau Andrew Belz, Sandy Barwick, MANAGING EDITOR Daniel James Devine THERE Whitney Williams, Ambria Collins NATIONAL EDITOR Jamie Dean FINANCE Bill Gibson SENIOR REPORTERS Emily Belz, Angela Lu Fulton, CONCERNS ADMINISTRATION Kerrie Edwards Sophia Lee ABOUT MARKETING Jonathan Woods REPORTERS Esther Eaton, Leah Hickman, AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR Mickey McLean Charissa Koh, Harvest Prude MORE ADVERTISING John Almaguer, Kyle Crimi, STORY COACH Susan Olasky Christine Hartman, Elizabeth Kerns SENIOR WRITERS Janie B. Cheaney, Andrée Seu HONG MEMBER SERVICES Amanda Beddingfield Peterson, Lynn Vincent CORRESPONDENTS June Cheng, John Dawson, Maryrose KONG Delahunty, Sharon Dierberger, Juliana WORLD FOR STUDENTS Chan Erikson, Charles Horton, Arsenio CRACK- EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Rich Bishop Orteza, Jenny Lind Schmitt, Laura G. GOD’S WORLD NEWS WEBSITE gwnews.com Singleton, Russell St. John, Jae Wasson DOWNS? MANAGING EDITOR Rebecca Cochrane FILM AND TV EDITOR Megan Basham WORLD WATCH WEBSITE worldwatch.news REVIEWERS Sandy Barwick, Bob Brown, Jeff Koch, PROGRAM DIRECTOR Brian Basham Marty VanDriel EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Kristin Chapman, Mary Ruth Murdoch, “When police Elizabeth Russell arrested 53 WORLD JOURNALISM INSTITUTE ART DIRECTOR David Freeland organizers ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Rachel Beatty WEBSITE wji.world and candi- ILLUSTRATOR Krieg Barrie DEAN Marvin Olasky GRAPHIC DESIGNER Arla Eicher dates of a ASSOCIATE DEAN Edward Lee Pitts DIGITAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Dan Perkins pro-democ- racy primary BOARD OF DIRECTORS WORLD DIGITAL over alleged subversion, John Weiss (chairman), William Newton (vice chairman), WEBSITE wng.org Mariam Bell, John Burke, Kevin Cusack, Peter Lillback, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Timothy Lamer reporters had Edna Lopez, Howard Miller, R. Albert Mohler Jr., MANAGING EDITOR Lynde Langdon to ask if they Russell B. Pulliam, David Skeel, David Strassner ASSISTANT EDITOR Rachel Lynn Aldrich would also REPORTERS Mary Jackson, Onize Ohikere Member of the Associated Press CORRESPONDENTS Laura Edghill, Collin Garbarino, arrest the Julia A. Seymour, Steve West 600,000- plus citizens WORLD RADIO who had HOW TO CONTACT US voted. The TO BECOME A WORLD MEMBER, GIVE A GIFT MEMBERSHIP, CHANGE ADDRESS, WEBSITE wng.org/radio national EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Butler ACCESS OTHER MEMBER ACCOUNT INFORMATION, OR FOR BACK ISSUES security law AND PERMISSION: The World and Everything in It is unclear on EMAIL [email protected] HOSTS Nick Eicher, Mary Reichard, determining ONLINE wng.org/account (members) Myrna Brown, Megan Basham violations. or members.wng.org (to become a member) MANAGING EDITOR Leigh Jones REPORTERS Kent Covington, Anna Johansen, (The voters PHONE 828.435.2981 within the U.S. or 800.951.6397 outside the U.S. Sarah Schweinsberg were spared, Monday–Friday (except holidays), 9 a.m.–7 p.m. ET SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS Katie Gaultney, Kim Henderson, as election WRITE WORLD, PO Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-9998 Les Sillars organizers BACK ISSUES, REPRINTS, PERMISSIONS 828.435.2981 or [email protected] CORRESPONDENTS Maria Baer, Ryan Bomberger, Laura FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK facebook.com/WNGdotorg Finch, George Grant, Jill Nelson, had FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @WNGdotorg Bonnie Pritchett, Jenny Rough, destroyed FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM instagram.com/WNGdotorg Cal Thomas, Emily Whitten their data.)” PRODUCERS Johnny Franklin, Carl Peetz WORLD OCCASIONALLY RENTS SUBSCRIBER NAMES TO CAREFULLY SCREENED, Rich Roszel, Kristen Flavin —WORLD LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS. IF YOU WOULD PREFER NOT TO RECEIVE THESE correspon- PROMOTIONS, PLEASE CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASK TO BE PLACED ON Listening In OUR DO NOT RENT LIST. Warren Cole Smith dent Erica Kwong, Effective Compassion WORLD (ISSN 0888-157X) (USPS 763-010) IS PUBLISHED BIWEEKLY (24 ISSUES) Anna Johansen, Charissa Koh whose story FOR $69.95 PER YEAR BY GOD’S WORLD PUBLICATIONS, (NO MAIL) 12 ALL SOULS CRESCENT, ASHEVILLE, NC 28803; 828.253.8063. PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT The Olasky Interview is on p. 56 ASHEVILLE, NC, AND ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. PRINTED IN THE USA. Jill Nelson, Marvin Olasky REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION IS PROHIB- Legal Docket ITED. © 2021 WORLD NEWS GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. POSTMASTER: SEND Mary Reichard, Jenny Rough ADDRESS CHANGES TO WORLD, PO BOX 20002, ASHEVILLE, NC 28802-9998. 4 WORLD 02.13.21 MAILBAG NEWS OF THE YEAR: TENSION rhythms. God designed Christians to DEC. 26, P. 62—JARED NISSLEY/LANCASTER, PA. be dependent people: dependent on It was a poor choice to run the photo God, each other, and local church depicting George Floyd’s violent leaders. death. Leaders and voices of color have said that amplifying and sharing “trauma porn” does not further the DEEP AND WIDE conversation about race. Instead, it DEC. 26, P. 10—RUSSELL GUETSCHOW/ only re-traumatizes people of color VICKSBURG, MICH. who are already bombarded by As I read WORLD Magazine and The images of violence against black and Sift, I am amazed at the quantity and brown bodies. quality of the material you generate every day. I find it hard to fathom how it is even physically possible to do this. NEWS OF THE YEAR: POLITICS Then I remember Who is the Source DEC. 26, P. 74—F.L. JACOBS/REDMOND, WASH. of the strength and the interviewing, Nearly half of our country no longer NEWS OF research, and writing abilities of your has faith in the accuracy of the voting THE YEAR staff. system in their country or their state. Every citizen should be very con- I expected the No. 1 cerned that corruption does not story to be the IMPRECATION AND APPRECIATION spread across the land to the point CHERYL BURNS/LEAWOOD, KAN. where we are just another banana accelerating decay in Once WORLD became “never Trump- republic. journalism and ers,” I cut my membership. Now my reporting (selective “Christian” friend of 30-plus years is WILLIAM V. ROLAND/VERADALE, WASH. an intellectual and social snob. I hope My wife and I sent a letter to Speaker choosing and God will smite you, not send you to of the House Nancy Pelosi last year, ignoring of events hell but give you back some of the stating that the image of her tearing and statistics), which suffering you have caused in dividing up President Trump’s State of the the body of Christ. Union address would have the same robbed us of notoriety as Nikita Khrushchev bang- dependable, KARLA LAIL/SHARPSBURG, VA. ing his shoe on his desk at the United decision-making Thanks for being my go-to source for Nations in October 1960. news that’s trustworthy when it’s hard information on to trust things. We’re going to make No. 2 Pandemic, it through this time, with God’s help NEWS OF THE YEAR: DEATHS No. 3 Tension, and and our own patience and prayers. DEC. 26, P. 90—BARRY BERTRAM/ CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. No. 4 Politics. I always appreciate the annual list of DEC.