Christianity Today in 2022: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More

A year in review of our most popular articles and favorite stories.

Browse our lists of 2022’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 over 1,100 translations this year, including these most-read articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Korean, and Russian. (We also began translating into Ukrainian and Japanese.)

Church Law & Tax also ranked their top stories here.

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Analysis

Republicans and Democrats Clash on Epstein File Release

The Bulletin with Nicole Martin

The newest documents remind Christians to support sexual abuse victims.

An image of JFK and a 1960 cover of CT Magazine.

Evangelicals Confront a Revolutionary Age

Daniel Silliman

A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.

A screenshot from video footage of the bus attack.

News

Hindu Nationalists Attack Missionaries in Northern India

Divya Chirayath

One victim describes the mob descending on their bus, a rare occurrence in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

The Cathedral Of Echmiadzin, headquarters of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Yerevan, Armenia.

News

Armenia Holds Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Amid Church Arrests

Some see the crackdown as persecution, others challenge the national church’s ties to Russia.

Three adults looking up, overwhelmed at many documents falling from the sky.

The Bulletin

Israeli Settler Violence, Epstein Emails, and BrinGing Back Purity

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

West Bank skirmishes, Congress releases Epstein documents mentioning Trump, and Gen Z reconsiders purity culture.

Senior Pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin preaching at Beijing Zion Church on September 3, 2018

News

Christians from 45 Countries Call for Zion Church Pastor’s Release

Angela Lu Fulton

Meanwhile in China, the house church continues to gather and baptize new believers.

People praying in church.

News

Kenyan Clergy Oppose Bill Aimed at Regulating Churches

Moses Wasamu

Pastors say the proposed law could harm religious freedoms.

A photo of Benjamin Watson at mic with the title of the podcast The Just Life overlaid on the image

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Geoff Duncan: The Honest Umpire

Upholding truth, embracing courage, and leading with love.