Christianity Today in 2021: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More

CT published 2,063 articles this year. Here’s what readers and editors liked most.

Browse our lists of 2021’s top articles, book reviews, podcasts, obituaries, testimonies, and more via the collections at right [on desktops] or below [on mobile]. You can also read this year’s Top 10 discoveries in biblical archaeology, along with our most-read stories of the global church.

For our bilingual readers: CT Global produced 800 translations this year, including these most-read articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Korean, and Russian.

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Members of the group "Concerned Women for America" pray outside the US Supreme Court as the Court hears oral arguements in Chiles v. Salazar.

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Colorado evangelical Kaley Chiles calls the law a violation of her free speech.

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Tony Evans Will No Longer Pastor Dallas Megachurch After Restoration

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Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship announced that its pastor of 48 years won’t return to leadership. The church expects son Jonathan Evans to succeed him.

You Don’t Have to Be Radical

Brad East

Most Christians aren’t monks, missionaries, or martyrs. We’re unimpressive and unsatisfactory—yet saved by God’s scandalous grace.

Pastor Issak and a picture of Stuartpuram.

From a Village of Bandits to a Village of the Gospel

Vikram Mukka

Stuartpuram in India’s Andhra Pradesh was once known for its armed robbers. Then the gospel changed them.

Cynthia Gibbs, chair of the Taveau Legacy Committee, is part of a group working to restore historic Taveau Church in South Carolina.

Preservation Grants Help Black Churches Hold On to Their History

Shelia Poole

Over a hundred congregations have received up to a half-million dollars to repair deteriorating buildings and restore their place in their communities.