Christianity Today

{{Short description|Evangelical Christian magazine}}
{{Distinguish|Christian Today}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Christianity Today
| image_size = <!-- 220px (the default if no size is stated) -->
| image_file = Christianity Today.jpg
| image_alt = 
| image_caption = Cover of the April 2010 issue
| editor_title = President & CEO
| editor = [[Timothy Dalrymple]]<ref name="ChristianityToday.com 2022">{{cite web | title=Meet the CT Team | website=ChristianityToday.com | date=March 18, 2022 | url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/help/about-us/masthead.html | access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>
| editor_title2 = Editor-in-Chief
| editor2 = [[Russell D. Moore]]<ref name="CT-russell-moore-editor-chief">{{cite web |last1=Dalrymple |first1=Timothy |title=Christianity Today Names Russell Moore Editor in Chief |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/august-web-only/russell-moore-editor-chief-christianity-today-joy-allmond.html |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Smietana |first1=Bob |title=Russell Moore Named Christianity Today Editor, Lynn Vincent to Lead World Magazine |url=https://julieroys.com/russell-moore-named-christianity-today-editor-lynn-vincent-lead-world-magazine/ |website=The Roys Report |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref>
| previous_editor = [[Carl F. H. Henry]], Harold Lindsell, Kenneth S. Kantzer, V. Gilbert Beers, David Neff, [[Terry C. Muck]], George K. Brushaber, [[Mark Galli]], Daniel M. Harrell
| staff_writer = 
| category = 
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation = 130,000<ref name="CTAd"/>
| publisher = 
| founder = [[Billy Graham]]
| firstdate = {{Start date|1956|October}}
| company = Christianity Today International
| country = United States
| based = [[Carol Stream, Illinois]]
| language = English
| website = {{URL|christianitytoday.com}}
| issn = 0009-5753
}}

'''''Christianity Today''''' is an [[evangelical]] [[Christian media]] magazine founded in 1956 by [[Billy Graham]]. It is published by '''Christianity Today International'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> based in [[Carol Stream, Illinois]]. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calls ''Christianity Today'' "evangelicalism's flagship magazine".<ref name=Lupfer>{{cite news|last1=Lupfer|first1=Jacob|title=Why a 'yes' to gays is often a 'no' to evangelicalism|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/why-a-yes-to-gays-is-often-a-no-to-evangelicalism-commentary/2015/06/10/d8657e06-0fa6-11e5-a0fe-dccfea4653ee_story.html|access-date=June 11, 2015|agency=RNS|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' describes it as a "mainstream evangelical magazine".<ref name="Leland">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/movies/new-cultural-approach-for-conservative-christians-reviews-not-protests.html|title=New Cultural Approach for Conservative Christians: Reviews, Not Protests|date=December 26, 2005|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Leland|first1=John|access-date=June 11, 2015}}</ref> On August 4, 2022, [[Russell D. Moore]]—notable for denouncing and leaving the leadership of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wehner |first1=Peter |title=The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/russell-moore-sbc/619122/ |website=The Atlantic |publisher=The Atlantic |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref>—was named the incoming ''Christianity Today'' Editor-in-Chief.<ref name="CT-russell-moore-editor-chief" />

''Christianity Today'' has a print circulation of approximately 130,000, of which approximately 36,000 is free, and readership of 260,000,<ref name="CTAd">{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytodayads.com/|title=Christianity Today Advertising – Connecting You with Christian Audiences|work=christianitytodayads.com|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> as well as a website at ChristianityToday.com. The founder, [[Billy Graham]], stated that he wanted to "plant the evangelical flag in the middle of the road, taking the [[Social conservatism in the United States|conservative]] theological position but a definite [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] approach to social problems".<ref name="Press">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Christian|last2=Emerson|first2=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cavyDI6aCykC&q=flag+planted+%22christianity+today%22&pg=PA12|title=American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving|publisher=[[University of Chicago]] Press|year=1998|page=12|isbn=978-0226764191}}</ref> Other active publications currently active within ''Christianity Today'' include: '''''Building Church Leaders''''' which has [[vocational education]] materials for [[evangelism|evangelists]] and [[clergy]].<ref name="Schmidt 2022">{{cite web | last=Schmidt | first=Alexandria | title=10 Best Church Leadership Training Programs In 2022 | website=The Lead Pastor | date=January 4, 2022 | url=https://theleadpastor.com/article/church-leadership-training-programs/ | access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> '''''Church Law & Tax''''' which discusses [[tax|tax compliance]].<ref name="University of Denver Magazine 2020">{{cite web | title=Class Notes: Summer 2020 | website=University of Denver Magazine | date=2020-06-22 | url=http://magazine.du.edu/class-notes-summer-2020/ | access-date=2022-03-18}}</ref> '''''ChristianBibleStudies''''' helps with [[Bible study (Christianity)|Bible studies]].<ref name="SHEEPHERALD!">{{cite web | title=Bible study tools and Christian resources | website=SHEEPHERALD! | url=http://sheepherald.com/bible-study-tools.html | access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> '''''ChurchSalary''''' helps churches with information on proper remuneration.<ref name="Church Executive 2022">{{cite web | title=The hidden costs of job relocation | website=Church Executive | date=January 27, 2022 | url=https://churchexecutive.com/archives/your-financial-wellness | access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> '''''Ekstasis Magazine''''' about Christian [[Christian art|arts]] and [[Christian media|media]], specifically to encourage [[creativity]] within [[Christian culture]] to enable better [[storytelling]], [[worldbuilding]], and [[culture|cultural]] representation.<ref name="Fryling 2021">{{cite web | last=Fryling | first=Bob | title=What Is the Future of Evangelicalism? | website=Bob Fryling | date=July 23, 2021 | url=https://www.bobfryling.com/what-is-the-future-of-evangelicalism/ | access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> '''''PreachingToday''''' is a publication specifically for those delivering [[sermon]]s.<ref name="Baptist News Global 2018">{{cite web | title=Why Christians must stay on social media despite the hassles and hostility – Baptist News Global | website=Baptist News Global | date=September 27, 2018 | url=https://baptistnews.com/article/why-christians-must-stay-on-social-media-despite-the-hassles-and-hostility/ | access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> '''''SmallGroups''''' is a leadership magazine for smaller [[church planting]] groups such as [[missional living]], [[cafe church]]es, [[pub church]]es, or [[house church]]es.<ref name="Atkinson Rose pp. 547–559">{{cite journal | last=Atkinson | first=Harley | last2=Rose | first2=Joshua | title=The Small-Group Ministry Movement of the Last Four Decades | journal=Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=17 | issue=3 | date=July 23, 2020 | issn=0739-8913 | doi=10.1177/0739891320942932 | pages=547–559}}</ref>

Graham began the magazine as counterpoint to ''[[The Christian Century]]'', the predominant independent periodical of [[Mainline (Protestant)|mainline]] [[Protestantism]], and as a way to bring the evangelical Christian community together.<ref name="Press"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.org/ministry/history/|title=About Christianity Today|website=Christianity Today}}</ref>

==History==
The second issue of ''Christianity Today'' was created in the date of October 15, 1956, and the opening editorial, Why 'Christianity Today'?,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.org/ministry/history/whychristianitytoday.html|title=Why 'Christianity Today'?|website=Christianity Today}}</ref> stated "''Christianity Today'' has its origin in a deep-felt desire to express historical Christianity to the present generation. Neglected, slighted, misrepresented—evangelical Christianity needs a clear voice, to speak with conviction and love, and to state its true position and its relevance to the world crisis. A generation has grown up unaware of the basic truths of the Christian faith taught in the [[Scripture]]s and expressed in the creeds of the historic evangelical churches."

Its first editor was [[Carl F. H. Henry]]. Notable contributors in its first two decades included [[F. F. Bruce]], [[Edward John Carnell]], [[Frank Gaebelein]], [[Walter Ralston Martin|Walter Martin]], [[John Warwick Montgomery]], and [[Harold Lindsell]]. Lindsell succeeded Henry as editor and during his editorial administration much attention centered on debates about [[biblical inerrancy]]. Later editorial leadership came from Kenneth Kantzer, Terry Muck, and David Neff. [[V. Gilbert Beers]] was hired as the fourth editor in 1982, reportedly to increase the magazine's lay readership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buursma |first=Bruce |date=June 19, 1982 |title=Author V. Gilbert Beers chosen to edit top religious periodical |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387796715/?match=1 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en}}</ref> The most recent editor in chief was [[Mark Galli]], who retired on January 3, 2020. His replacement as editor in chief is Daniel M. Harrell.<ref name=GalliRetire>{{cite news|last1=Olsen|first1=Ted|title=Mark Galli Announces Retirement as Editor in Chief of Christianity Today|url=https://www.christianitytoday.org/media-room/news/2019/mark-galli-announces-retirement-as-editor-in-chief.html|access-date=19 December 2019|publisher=Christianity Today|date=7 October 2019}}</ref>  Andy Olsen is managing editor of the print edition and Andrea Palpant Dilley is managing editor of online journalism. The publication now includes print and online versions and various ancillary products. Print and online contents include feature stories, news ranging from cultural issues from a Christian viewpoint to the global church, opinion, reviews, and investigative reporting.

In [[Billy Graham]]'s 1997 autobiography, ''Just As I Am'', he writes of his vision, idea, and history with ''Christianity Today''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.org/ministry/history/envisioningct.html|title=Envisioning 'Christianity Today'|website=Christianity Today}}</ref> and his early meeting with oil company executive, [[J. Howard Pew|John Howard Pew]], to establish the publication.<ref>{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Billy|title=Just as I am: the autobiography of Billy Graham|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|publisher=Zondervan|isbn=978-0060633875|page=[https://archive.org/details/justasiamautobio00grah/page/88 88]|year=1997|url=https://archive.org/details/justasiamautobio00grah/page/88}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBtFlW8vxuwC&pg=PA71|title=The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology|last=Olson|first=Roger E.|author-link=Roger E. Olson|publisher=[[Westminster John Knox Press]]|date=2004|access-date=September 19, 2023|page=71|isbn=0-664-22464-4}}</ref>

===Editorials on impeachments of U.S. presidents===
Most critics label it as a mainstream, intellectual, centrist evangelical publication.<ref name="Neuhaus 1999">{{cite web | last=Neuhaus | first=Richard John | title=Bill Clinton and the American Character | website=First Things | date=June 1, 1999 | url=https://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/06/bill-clinton-and-the-american-character | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name=lashes>{{Cite web|last=Pesce|first=Nicole Lyn|title=Trump lashes back at 'far left' Christianity Today — and says he'll stop reading 'ET'|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-lashes-back-at-far-left-christianity-today-op-ed-and-says-hell-stop-reading-et-2019-12-20|access-date=2020-12-10|website=MarketWatch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Martin 2020">{{cite web | last=Martin | first=Wes | title=Retired Christianity Today Editor Talks Backlash Over Editorial Advocating For Trump's Removal | website=WBUR | date=January 6, 2020 | url=https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/01/06/christianity-today-christian-post-editoiral-mark-galli-retires | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Lindsay 2007 pp. 883–909">{{cite journal | last=Lindsay | first=D. Michael | title=Ties That Bind and Divisions That Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political Spectrum | journal=[[Political Science Quarterly]] | volume=59 | issue=3 | year=2007 | issn=0032-3195 | jstor=40068454 | pages=883–909 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40068454 | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>

On June 7, 1974, in an editorial entitled "Should Nixon Resign?", published during the [[Impeachment process against Richard Nixon|impeachment hearings]] of [[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]], ''Christianity Today'' wrote "that the constitutional process should be followed, and followed with dispatch." The magazine did not call for his resignation, but instead stated that "If he is acquitted, the nation will have to wait out the term of a President whose ability to function has been seriously eroded."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1974/june-7/editorials-should-nixon-resign.html|title=Should Nixon Resign?|website=ChristianityToday.com|language=en|date=June 7, 1974|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNbaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242|title=Evil Deeds in High Places: Christian America's Moral Struggle with Watergate|last=Settje|first=David E.|publisher=[[New York University Press]]|date=2020|access-date=September 19, 2023|page=242|isbn=9781479803170}}</ref>

On October 5, 1998, regarding the imminent [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeachment]] of President [[Bill Clinton]], ''Christianity Today'' stated in an editorial that "Unsavory dealings and immoral acts by the president and those close to him" have compromised his administration's moral leadership,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1998/october5/8tb036.html|title=The Prodigal Who Didn't Come Home|website=Christianity Today|language=en|date=October 5, 1998|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> criticizing his televised August 17 confession as a "nonapology".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zW6YDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA163|title=The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America|last=Bauer|first=Susan Wise|author-link=Susan Wise Bauer|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|date=2008|access-date=September 19, 2023|page=163|isbn=978-0-691-13810-7}}</ref>

In one such editorial, published a day after the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached President Donald Trump]] for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html|title=Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress|first1=Nicholas|last1=Fandos|first2=Michael D.|last2=Shear|date=December 18, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Remove">{{cite web|last1=Galli|first1=Mark|title=Trump Should Be Removed from Office|work=Christianity Today|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html|date=December 19, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref> editor in chief [[Mark Galli]] asserted among other criticisms that he sought to leverage his political power "to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit" [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|presidential candidate]] [[Joe Biden]]. "That is not only a violation of the Constitution," he argued, "more importantly, it is profoundly immoral."<ref name="Remove"/><ref name="guardian-19dec2019">{{cite news |last1=Ho |first1=Vivian |title=Evangelical magazine Christianity Today calls for Trump's removal after impeachment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/19/trump-evangelical-christian-magazine-impeachment |access-date=December 19, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=December 19, 2019}}</ref> The editorial received extensive media coverage and caught the attention of Trump and his allies, who in response sought to discredit the publication,<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j98eEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA373|chapter=Chapter 13 – Donald Trump and the Stigmata of Democracy: Adorno and the Consolidation of a Religious Racket|title=How to Critique Authoritarian Populism: Methodologies of the Frankfurt School|series=Studies in Critical Social Sciences|last=Brittain|first=Christopher Craig|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|date=February 18, 2021|access-date=September 19, 2023|volume=180|pages=373–375|isbn=978-90-04-44473-7}}</ref> with the former describing it as "far-left"<ref name=lashes/> and almost 200 evangelical leaders rebuking it for the editorial.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_MeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA212|title=The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the GOP|last1=Pieper|first1=Andrew L.|last2=DeWitt|first2=Jeff R.|publisher=[[Lexington Books]]|date=2021|access-date=September 19, 2023|page=212|isbn=978-1-7936-0745-4}}</ref>

=== Sexual harassment controversy ===
In 2022 the magazine published two articles announcing that a number of women reported demeaning, inappropriate, and offensive behavior by former editor in chief [[Mark Galli]] and former advertising director Olatokunbo Olawoye, whilst their behavior remained unchecked and the men were not disciplined, according to an external assessment of the ministry's culture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silliman |first=Daniel |date=2022-03-15 |title=Sexual Harassment Went Unchecked at Christianity Today |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/march/sexual-harassment-ct-guidepost-assessment-galli-olawoye.html |access-date= |website=Christianity Today |language=en}}</ref>

Speaking to [[Religion News Service]], Galli admitted that he may have "crossed lines" during his time as editor, but denied having had "any romantic or sexual interest in anyone at ''Christianity Today''."<ref>{{Cite web |last=RELEVANT |date=2022-03-16 |title=A Former Christianity Today Editor Has Been Accused of Sexual Harassment |url=https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/a-former-christianity-today-editor-has-been-accused-of-sexual-harassment/ |access-date= |website=[[Relevant (magazine)|Relevant]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In an editorial on the magazine, the CEO of ''Christianity Today'' [[Timothy Dalrymple]] admitted that the society that owns and edits the magazine fell short on protecting the employees and apologized for the fact, promising strong and swift action against sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalrymple |first=Timothy |date=2022-03-16 |title=We Fell Short in Protecting Our Employees |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/march-web-only/we-fell-short-in-protecting-our-employees-editorial.html |access-date= |website=Christianity Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Publications==
[[Harold Myra]], who became president and chief executive of the magazine in 1975, believed that a "family" of magazines would disperse overhead expenses and give more stability to the organization.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=American Evangelicals and the Mass Media: Perspectives on the Relationship Between American Evangelicals and the Mass Media|last=Board|first=Stephen|date=1990|publisher=Zondervan Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-310-27261-8|editor=Quentin J. Schultze |location=Grand Rapids, Mich|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanevangeli0000unse/page/119 119–142]|chapter=Moving the World with Magazines: A Survey of Evangelical Periodicals|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/americanevangeli0000unse/page/119}}</ref> ''Christianity Today'' both online and magazine is the flagship publication, fully effective in three basic areas: editorial, circulation, advertising; as such, many of the articles from their broader publications often get distributed through CT's flagship.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Myra|first=Harold L.|date=Winter 1980|title=A Message from the Publisher|journal=Leadership|volume=1:1|pages=138}}</ref> Christianity Today founded or acquired periodicals during the 1980s and 1990s, beginning with ''Leadership'', a quarterly journal for clergy, in 1980.

=== Active ===
At the ministry's web home, ChristianityToday.org, all other brands for Christian thought leaders and church leaders are featured, including publications such as the intellectual Christian review, ''Books & Culture'', and the website for pastors and church leaders, ''CT Pastors''. Additional web resources include ''Men of Integrity'' and ''Preaching Today''. Many of the sections published online under the ''Christianity Today'' banner are the online legacies of defunct print publications, even named after the aforementioned publications.

==== ''Ekstasis'' (2016–present) ====
''Ekstasis'' is a journal that was acquired by ''Christianity Today'' in 2021, originally founded in 2016 by Conor Sweetman in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] it focuses on Christian [[Christian art|arts]] and [[Christian media|media]].<ref name="Bob Fryling 2021">{{cite web | title=What Is the Future of Evangelicalism? | website=Bob Fryling | date=July 23, 2021 | url=https://www.bobfryling.com/what-is-the-future-of-evangelicalism/ | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ChristianityToday.org 2019">{{cite web | title=Why an English Professor Loves Ekstasis Magazine | website=ChristianityToday.org | date=October 28, 2019 | url=https://www.christianitytoday.org/stories/what-people-are-saying/2021/why-english-professor-loves-ekstasis-magazine.html | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Tyndale University 2016">{{cite web | title=Conor Sweetman &#91;BA English&#93; Launches Magazine | website=Tyndale University | date=November 21, 2016 | url=https://www.tyndale.ca/news/conor-sweetman-ba-english-launches-magazine | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ChristianityToday.org 2021">{{cite web | title=Christianity Today Announces New Publication That "Revives the Christian Imagination" | website=ChristianityToday.org | date=June 21, 2021 | url=https://www.christianitytoday.org/media-room/news/2021/christianity-today-announces-new-publication-that-revives-c.html | access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>

==== International editions (2007–present) ====
Besides English, it is available in 12 other languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Filipino, French, Galician, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.<ref name="ChristianityToday.com">{{cite web | title=CT Translations | website=ChristianityToday.com | url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/languages/ | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref> Their publication can be found within those linguistic regions, as well as in Japan and Israel.<ref name="Chantry. 2010">{{cite web | last=Chantry. | first=pastor Walt | title=Records of Christianity Today International - - Collection 8 | website=www2.wheaton.edu | date=March 2, 2010 | url=https://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/guides/008.htm | access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>

==== Online presence ====
The magazine's mission statement is to "provide evangelical thought leaders a sense of community, coherence, and direction through thoughtful, biblical commentary on issues and through careful, caring reporting of the news." Its presence on the Internet began in October 1994 when it became one of the top ten content providers on all of AOL. Then, in 1996, their website was launched. Originally, it was named ChristianityOnline.com before becoming ChristianityToday.com. Today ChristianityToday.com serves as the web home for ''Christianity Today'' magazine, which now has distinct sections for Local Church Pastors,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/local-church|title=The Local Church|work=christianitytoday.com|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Reporting,
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/|title=Gleanings |work=ChristianityToday.com|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Women,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/women|title=CT Women|work=christianitytoday.com|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> History,<ref name="christianitytoday.com" /> and Spanish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/en-espanol/|title=En Español|work=christianitytoday.com|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> readers.

Together, all Christianity Today brands reach more than 2.5 million people every month when print and digital views are combined, plus more than 5 million pageviews per month on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.org/ourbrands/|title=ChristianityToday.org|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The ministry offers access, both premium and free, to more than 100,000 articles and other content on their various websites. They operate several stand-alone websites from ChristianityToday including SmallGroups.com, Preaching Today, Church Law & Tax and many other sites.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ChristianityToday.org|url=https://www.christianitytoday.org/what-we-do/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=ChristianityToday.org|language=en}}</ref>

=== Defunct ===
In 2005, Christianity Today International published 12 magazines,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speroforum.com/site/print.asp?idarticle=2144|title=Campus Life magazine to change name in January|date=November 14, 2005|website=Spero News|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418164836/http://www.speroforum.com/site/print.asp?idarticle=2144|url-status=dead}}</ref> but following the [[Great Recession|financial downturn of 2008]] it was forced to shutter several publications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodnewsfl.org/christianity_today_international_closes_four_publications/|title=Christianity Today International closes four publications|date=June 18, 2009|website=Good News Florida|access-date=May 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055527/https://www.goodnewsfl.org/christianity_today_international_closes_four_publications/|archive-date=December 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2017 that had further diminished to three, as many of them became sections of Christianity Today proper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianitytodayads.com/print-media/|title=CT Advertising: Print Media|website=CT Advertising|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>

==== ''Leadership Journal'' (1980–2016) ====
The first "sister publication" added to the Christianity Today publishing group was ''Leadership: A Practical Journal for Church Leaders'', launched in 1980. The subtitle clearly defined the journal's mission: it was a quarterly publication, aimed primarily at clergy and focusing on the practical concerns of ministry and church leadership. The first issue of ''Leadership'' sold out its initial press run of 50,000 copies and the publication was in the black after a single issue.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Myra|first=Harold L.|date=Spring 1980|title=A Message from the Publisher|journal=Leadership|volume=1:2|pages=138}}</ref> The journal continued in print for 36 years. After volume 37, issue 1 (winter 2016), Christianity Today discontinued the print publication, replacing it with expanded content in ''Christianity Today'' for pastors and church leaders and occasional print supplements, as well as a new website, CTPastors.com.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shelley|first=Marshall|date=Winter 2016|title=The Next Life of Leadership|journal=Leadership Journal|volume=37|pages=8}}</ref>

==== ''Campus Life/Ignite Your Faith'' (1982–2009) ====
{{Main|Ignite Your Faith}}
In 1982, Christianity Today purchased the magazine ''Campus Life,'' aimed at a high school audience, from, Campus Life Publications, Inc., a nonprofit organization, which had purchased Campus Life magazine from Youth For Christ in 1980. The name of the magazine was changed to ''Ignite Your Faith'' in 2006. It ceased publication in 2009.<ref name=CT-2009>{{cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/2009/05/26/christianity-today-international-is-shutting-down-four-publications-and-lay|title=Christianity Today to close four publications, lay off 31|last=Gordon|first=Tracy|work=[[Religion News Service]]|date=May 26, 2009|access-date=September 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919075222/https://religionnews.com/2009/05/26/christianity-today-international-is-shutting-down-four-publications-and-lay|archive-date=September 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== ''Partnership/Marriage Partnership'' (1984–2009) ====
''Partnership'' was launched in 1984<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/008.htm|title=Records of Christianity Today International – Collection 8 (Archival Finding Aid)|date=March 2, 2010|website=Billy Graham Center Archives}}</ref> as a magazine for wives of clergy.<ref name=":0" /> In 1987<ref name=":1" /> it was renamed ''Marriage Partnership'' and expanded its focus to marriage in general, not just clergy marriages. The magazine ceased publication in 2009.<ref name=CT-2009/>

==== ''Today's Christian Woman'' (1985–2009) ====
''Today's Christian Woman'' was founded in 1978 and acquired by Christianity Today from the [[Baker Publishing Group|Fleming H. Revell Co.]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Women's Periodicals in the United States: Consumer Magazines|last=Paddon|first=Anna R.|date=1995|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28631-5|editor=Kathleen L. Endres |editor2=Therese L. Lueck |chapter=Today's Christian Woman}}</ref> It discontinued print publication in 2009 and was replaced with a "digizine" entitled ''Kyria'', which was online only, but still required a paid subscription to access, although at a lower price than the print magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/have-days-christian-media-come-and-gone-80487|title=Have the Days of Christian Media Come and Gone?|date=June 3, 2009|website=Newsweek}}</ref> In 2012 the name of the digital publication was changed back to ''Today's Christian Woman'', and in 2016 it stopped being issued as a regularly scheduled digital periodical.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.todayschristianwoman.com/articles/2016/may-25/next-chapter-for-tcw-ct-women.html|title=The Next Chapter for TCW|last=Trujillo|first=Kelli B.|date=May 25, 2016|website=Today's Christian Woman}}</ref>

====''Christian History'' (1989–2008)====
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''Christian History'' was a journal of the history of Christianity, first issued in January 1982 by the Christian History Institute. Each issue had multiple articles covering a single theme. Initially published annually, it became a quarterly publication. Christianity Today took over ownership of the magazine beginning with issue 22 in 1989. It was discontinued after the publication of issue 99 in 2008. In 2011 the Christian History Institute resumed quarterly publication of the magazine. ''Christian History'' archives still may be found on ChristianityToday.com under its special section.<ref name="christianitytoday.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/history|title=Christian History – Learn the History of Christianity & the Church|work=christianitytoday.com|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref>

==== ''Christian Reader/Today's Christian'' (1992–2008) ====
''Christian Reader'', a digest magazine in the vein of ''[[Reader's Digest]],'' was founded in 1963 by the founder of [[Tyndale House|Tyndale House Publishers]], [[Kenneth N. Taylor|Ken Taylor]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gilreath|first=Edward|date=November–December 2003|title=Turning 40|journal=Christian Reader|pages=5}}</ref> Christianity Today purchased the magazine in 1992.<ref name=":1" /> The name was changed to ''Today's Christian'' in 2004.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gilbreath|first=Edward|date=January–February 2004|title=What's in a Name?|journal=Christian Reader|pages=6}}</ref> In 2008, Christianity Today sold the magazine to the ministry Significant Living.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/543268287.html|title=Significant Living Acquires 'Today's Christian' Magazine|date=October 16, 2008|website=Christian Newswire|access-date=May 25, 2017}}</ref>

====''Books & Culture'' (1995–2016)====
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''Books & Culture'' was a bimonthly book review and intellectual journal modeled after the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'' and ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'' and was published by Christianity Today International from 1995 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.booksandculture.com/help/about.html|title=About B&C|website=Booksandculture.com|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> At the end of its publication life in 2016, the magazine's circulation was 11,000 and its readership was 20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytodayads.com/print/books-culture/|title=BooksAndCulture.com – Christianity Today Advertising|work=christianitytodayads.com|access-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518025148/http://www.christianitytodayads.com/print/books-culture/|archive-date=May 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was edited by John Wilson, and notable contributors included [[Mark Noll]], [[Lauren Winner]], [[Alan Jacobs (academic)|Alan Jacobs]], [[Jean Bethke Elshtain]], and [[Miroslav Volf]].

==== ''Virtue'' (1998–2000) ====
''Virtue,'' a magazine for Christian women, was founded in 1978.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1999/october25/9tc15c.html|title=Virtue Folds|date=October 25, 1999|work=Christianity Today|access-date=May 26, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Christianity Today purchased the publication from [[David C. Cook|Cook Communications Ministries]] in 1998 after that publisher abruptly closed the magazine.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|date=May 18, 1998|title=Two Cook Magazines Join CTi|journal=Christianity Today|volume=42|issue=6|pages=15}}</ref> Christianity Today revived the magazine and continued publishing it for two more years before discontinuing publication following the December/January 2000 issue.<ref name=":2" />

==== ''Christian Parenting Today'' (1998–2005) ====
''Christian Parenting Today'' (originally entitled ''Christian Parenting'') was founded in 1989.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://cpi.acl.org/cpititles.html|title=Christian Periodical Index (CPI) – All Titles|website=cpi.acl.org|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> Christianity Today purchased the magazine from Cook Communications Ministries in 1998 in the same deal in which it acquired ''Virtue''.<ref name=":3" /> It ceased publication in 2005.<ref name=":4" /> 

==== ''Men of Integrity'' (1998–2017) ====
''Men of Integrity'' was a bi-monthly magazine for Christian men published by Christianity Today. It was created in 1998, in partnership with the evangelical men's organization [[Promise Keepers]].<ref name=":3" /> It ceased publication with the November–December 2017 issue.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Marsden, George M., ''Reforming Fundamentalism'', William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1987.

==External links==
* [http://ChristianityToday.org Christianity Today Ministry]
* {{Official website|http://ChristianityToday.com|''Christianity Today'' magazine}}
** [http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/ Christian Bible Studies]
** [http://www.christianitytoday.com/behemoth/ The Behemoth]
** [http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/ CT Pastors]
* [http://www.booksandculture.com/ Books & Culture]
* [https://www.ekstasismagazine.com/ Ekstasis Magazine]
* [http://www.todayschristianwoman.com Today's Christian Woman]
* [http://www.preachingtoday.com/ Preaching Today]
* [http://www.bclstore.com/ Building Church Leaders]
* [http://www.christiancollegeguide.net/ Christian College Guide]
* [http://www.churchlawandtax.com/ Church Law and Tax]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906131943/http://menofintegrity.net/ Men of Integrity] (archived 6 September 2008)
* [http://www.smallgroups.com/ Small Groups]

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