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CT’s 2022 Cover Stories, Ranked

CT Editors

In case you missed them, here are our most-read print cover stories.

Christianity Today December 20, 2022
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Christianity Today’s print magazine cover stories focused on many of the evangelical conversations that happened in 2022: pastoral burnout, deconstruction, and the war in Ukraine. We also focused on telling people’s stories: from U2 star Bono to a little-known but trailblazing Bible translator. Here are CT’s cover stories ranked in reverse order of popularity online.

9. July/August

Left: A rocket embedded in the asphalt on a rural road between the villages of Piskivka and Kukhari, northwest of Kyiv. Right: Passengers wait on a crowded train station platform in Lviv, Ukraine.

They Fled Ukraine, and Ukraine Followed

Sophia Lee

8. April

When the Congregation Leaves Town, Should the Building Follow?

Kara Bettis

7. September

There Are Many Mansions in Heaven, but We’d Like Something Sooner

Julie Kilcur

6. October

The Woman Who Gave the World a Thousand Names for God

Jordan K. Monson

5. November

Canada Euthanized 10,000 People in 2021. Has Death Lost Its Sting?

Ewan C. Goligher

4. March

Wait, You’re Not Deconstructing?

Kirsten Sanders

3. May/June

Our Pulpits Are Full of Empty Preachers

Kyle Rohane

2. December

Bono’s Punk-Rock Rebellion Was a Cry of Hopeful Lament

Mike Cosper

1. January/February

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An image from Star Wars and a magazine cover from the CT archives.

From a Galaxy Far, Far Away to Carol Stream, Illinois

Daniel Silliman

CT tracked cultural changes while going through several of its own.

A woman walking on a dirt road in Zingqolweni village in South Africa.

What Loving South Africa Taught Me About Patriotism

Christina Stanton

Attachment to another country didn’t diminish my affection for America. It showed me God’s love for all peoples.

hands building a DNA strand

Wonderology

Owner’s Manual Part One: The Instructions

What if our bodies came with operating instructions—and we could finally read them?

Protestors in Canada carry a large Iranian flag as part of a Global Day of Action protest against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 14, 2026.

News

‘We Feel Like We Are Having a Berlin Wall Moment’

Interview by Haleluya Hadero

A conversation with an Iranian-American Christian on the ongoing conflict and her hope for the future of Iran.

An Israeli soldier prays at a military position in the north of Israel near the border with Lebanon on October 15, 2023.

Some Israelis are Turning to Faith Amid Ongoing War

Jill Nelson

Studies show a renewed interest in Judaism, and pastors report an increase in baptisms.

Man bikes past a communist-style propaganda poster of a North Korean leader.

The Bulletin

IDF and Lebanon, Ukraine’s Fears, AI Data Centers, and a Korean Messiah

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Israel fights Hezbollah, Ukraine left behind, US builds data centers, and North Korea’s Evangelical roots.

The book cover on an orange background.

Review

Trashing Evangelicals Is No Way to Fight Conspiracism

Bonnie Kristian

Jared Stacy’s new book correctly identifies a serious problem. But his depiction of evangelicalism is overblown and unreasonable.

Peter Kreeft in his office.

Teaching ‘the Mystery of Joy’ to Protestants and Catholics

Marvin Olasky

Philosopher Peter Kreeft, like Augustine, gains a reading from both sides of the Reformation.

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