CT’s Top 20 Stories of 2020

Christian responses to racial injustice, prayers during a pandemic, and more.

Christianity Today December 22, 2020

In a year that none of us will ever forget, Christianity Today’s readers visited its website most often for three things: encouragement and advice as a pandemic raged across the globe, explanations for the political tensions and differences Christians face, and insight on matters of race and faith as injustices held the nation’s attention. We also wrestled with how to report on leaders mired in controversy and looked at some churches left to rebuild in their wake.

The most-viewed CT article of 2020 was our exclusive news report “George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston.” You can find it and other top CT News stories of the year here.

Second was “20 Oraciones para esta pandemia,” the Spanish version of “20 Prayers to Pray During This Pandemic” (see below) and 1 of 350 new CT Global translations.

Excluding those categories, our 20 most-read stories of the year are listed below in descending order, starting with No. 20 and ending with No. 1.

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Check out the rest of our 2020 year-end lists here.

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