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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CT’s Top 20 Stories of 2022

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CT’s 2022 Cover Stories, Ranked

Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2022

Our Latest

A group of Hispanic people worshipping.

Latino Churches’ Vibrant Testimony

Nicole Massie Martin

Hispanic American congregations tend to be young, vibrant, and intergenerational. The wider church has much to learn with and from them.

A painting of God on a smartphone with a cracked screen.

Review

Modern ‘Technoculture’ Makes the World Feel Unnaturally Godless

By changing our experience of reality, it tempts those who don’t perceive God to conclude that he doesn’t exist.

The Bulletin

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The Bulletin recaps the 2024 vice presidential debate, discusses global religious persecution, and explores the dynamics of celebrity Christianity.

An empty hospital bed in a dark room

News

Evangelicals Struggle to Preach Life in the Top Country for Assisted Death

Meagan Gillmore in Ontario

Canadian pastors are lagging behind a national push to expand MAID to those with disabilities and mental health conditions.

Three photos of people writing over a red background with yellow stars like the Chinese flag and a photo of Yan Yangchu on a pinkish tan background

Excerpt

The Chinese Christian Who Helped Overcome Illiteracy in Asia

Yan Yangchu taught thousands of peasants to read and write in the early 20th century.

Kendrick Lamar and Lecrae on a colorful background.

What Would Lecrae Do?

Christina Gonzalez Ho

Why Kendrick Lamar’s question matters.

No More Sundays on the Couch

Erica Bryand Ramirez

COVID got us used to staying home. But it’s the work of God’s people to lift up the name of Christ and receive God’s Word—together.

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Review

Safety Shouldn’t Come First

Bonnie Kristian

A theologian questions our habit of elevating this goal above all others.