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10 News Stories That Made Us Happy in 2022

CT Editors

Innovation, evangelism, and other developments worth celebrating over the past year.

Christianity Today December 20, 2022
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At CT, we’re people who love good news. Here are 10 examples of positive developments we got to cover in 2022, from laundromat ministries to a multimillion-dollar hit Bible TV show.

Here’s to effective strategies, new milestones, creative thinking, efforts to adapt and change, and other stories of hope that came in the midst of hard and heavy headlines. They’re listed in chronological order.

Southern Baptist Missionaries See Baptisms and Converts Surge With COVID-19

David Roach

Black Christian Homeschoolers Are Redefining the Movement

Liuan Huska

Passion Rekindled: Oberammergau Easter Play Returns with Great Joy

Ken Chitwood in Oberammergau, Germany

Preach the Gospel Everywhere. When Necessary, Use Laundromats.

Adam MacInnis

The 2022 graduation ceremony for the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo.

The Surge in Arab Seminary Studies

Jayson Casper

Amy Grant

Oh ‘Baby Baby’: CCM Icon Amy Grant Named a Kennedy Center Honoree

Adelle M. Banks – Religion News Service

After the Boomers, New Leaders Bring New Life to the Vineyard

Daniel Silliman

Celebrity Funeral Becomes Thailand’s Largest Christian Outreach

Seree Lorgunpai and Angela Lu Fulton

Elizabeth Groff packs a doll in a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child.

Samaritan’s Purse Gives Away 200 Millionth Christmas Shoebox

Adam MacInnis

Screenwriter Tyler Thompson snapped Polaroids on The Chosen's Texas set.

The Real Miracle on the Set of ‘The Chosen’ Is Christians Coming Together

Emily Belz in Midlothian, Texas

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Fadi Lost His Apartment. He Won’t Let the Same Happen to His Church.

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Gaza’s 700 remaining Christians face exorbitant prices, bombed apartments, and the loss of their community to violence and emigration.

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All My People Died at Christmas

J. L. Gerhardt

Amid the snowflakes and lights, I needed particular reminders of God’s presence.

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The Orphan Care Movement Grows Up

Jedd Medefind

Two decades into the resurgence of Christian adoption advocacy, the movement bears both visible bruises and greater wisdom.

Marcos Witt on a red and green background

Marcos Witt Was Tired of the ‘Same Old Christmas Songs’

Hernán Restrepo

Latin America’s beloved worship musician wanted to apply Psalm 96:1 to a tradition-heavy genre.

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Rich Villodas considers Jesus’ words on anger, lust, and lament in the Sermon on the Mount.

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