Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 15,000 and readership of 35,000.^[1] The word evangelicalism usually refers to religious practices and traditions which are found in conservative, almost always Protestant Christianity. ... Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... Incorporated Village in 1959. ...

History

It was started in 1956 as counter-point to The Christian Century (the predominant independent periodical of mainline Protestantism) and as a way to bring the evangelical Christian community together, the magazine was founded by the famous evangelist Billy Graham. Its first editor was Carl F. H. Henry. Notable contributors in its first two decades included contributions from F. F. Bruce, Edward John Carnell, Frank Gaebelein, Walter Martin, John Warwick Montgomery, and Harold Lindsell. Lindsell succeeded Henry as editor and during his editorial administration much attention centred on debates about Biblical inerrancy. Later editorial work came from Kenneth Kantzer and Terry Muck. Notable current writers include author Philip Yancey, Fuller Theological Seminary's Richard Mouw, Yale University law professor Stephen Carter, and Prison Fellowship's Charles W. Colson. Contents include editorial material, features, news, and occasionally investigative reporting. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Christian Century is a liberal Christian magazine based in Chicago, Illinois. ... In the United States, the mainline (also sometimes called mainstream) denominations are those Protestant denominations with a potpourri of conservative, moderate, and liberal theologies. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Carl F. H. Henry (January 22, 1913 - December 7, 2003) was an evangelical Christian theologian, who founded the magazine Christianity Today as a scholarly voice for evangelical Christianity and as a challenge to the liberal Christian Century. ... Frederick Fyvie Bruce (1910-1990) was a Bible scholar, and one of the founders of the modern evangelical understanding of the Bible. ... Edward John Carnell (1919-1967) was a prominent Christian theologian and apologist, was an ordained Baptist pastor, and served as President of Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. ... Dr. Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989), was an American Evangelical minister, author, and Christian apologist who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a para-church ministry specialising as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics. ... John Warwick Montgomery was born October 18, 1931 in Warsaw, New York. ... Biblical inerrancy is the doctrinal position [1] that in its original form, the Bible is without error; referring to the complete accuracy of Scripture, including the historical and scientific parts. ... Philip Yancey is a Christian author. ... Fuller Theological Seminary, located in Pasadena, California, is the largest multidenominational seminary in the world. ... Richard J. Mouw is currently President at Fuller Theological Seminary. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Stephen L. Carter born October 26, 1954 is an American law professor, legal- and social-policy writer, and novelist. ... Prison Fellowship International (PFI) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) comprised of national Prison Fellowship (PF) organisations from 112 countries. ... Charles Wendell Chuck Colson was the chief counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. ...

The magazine's presence on the Internet began in October of 1994 when it became one of the top 10 content providers on all of AOL. Then, in 1996, their website was launched. It was originally named ChristianityOnline.com. Today it, and its 13 sister publications, which range from the popular Today's Christian Woman to the intellectual Books & Culture, reach well over 2 million readers in its traditional paperbound form, and more than 10 million pageviews per month in their Internet form. All print magazine articles also appear online, which offers free access to well over 35,000 articles on their website, ChristianityToday.com.

Perspectives

Founding editor Henry was an advocate for the labor movement, and in the past decade the magazine and its sister publications have run articles both promoting and criticizing the Intelligent Design movement. During presidential campaigns columns give coverage to both Republican and Democratic candidates, with emphasis on their moral and social justice agendas. Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection. ...

References

1. ^ Rates & Data, Christianity Today

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• Board, Stephen, "Moving the World With Magazines: A Survey of Evangelical Periodicals," in American Evangelicals and the Mass Media, edited by Quentin J. Schultze, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1990, pp. 119-142.
• Marsden, George M., Reforming Fundamentalism, William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1987.

External links

• Christianity Today - official website