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10 News Stories That Made Us Happy in 2022

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.

Check out the rest of our 2022 year-end lists here.

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