CT devotes a premium slot in our print magazine—the back page—to a compelling story of Christian conversion. Dozens have shared their tales of how God brought them to himself.
In case you missed any, here are CT’s 2016 testimonies, ranked in order of which ones online readers read most.
10. Joanna Reed Shelton: My Missionary Great-Grandfather Led Me to Christ But only after I went to Japan in search of his life story.
9. Marcus Doe: Why I Forgave the Man I Once Plotted to Kill Revenge fantasies were darkening my heart before I trusted in Jesus.
8. Gavin Peacock: Professional Soccer Was My God My sense of well-being depended entirely on my on-field performance.
7. Virginia Prodan: I Found the Gospel in Communist Romania And then I shared it with the man the government sent to kill me.
6. Francine Rivers: I Was Addicted to Romance Novels Then God asked me to start writing them, for his glory.
5. Andrew Klavan: How a Man of the Coasts and Cities Found Christ My story of ditching hypocritical religion and secular hedonism for the joys of true discipleship.
4. Jonathan R. Bailey: When Altar Calls Don't Work How many times did I need to get saved before truly loving God?
3. Mitali Perkins: When God Writes Your Life Story Even while I was raised far from Christian faith, God revealed himself through classic children's books.
2. Kathie Lee Gifford: How Billy Graham Led Me to Christ My Christian faith got me to and through Hollywood.
1. Nicole Cliffe: How God Messed Up My Happy Atheist Life I had no untapped, unanswered yearnings. All was well in the state of Denmark. And then it wasn’t.
CT has also compiled the most-read CT articles, persecuted church stories, news blogs, politics stories, and cover stories of 2016, as well as the top 10 discoveries of biblical archaeology.
For comparison:
The top testimonies of 2015: Escape from North Korea; trapped inside my own body; how Greg Thornbury almost lost the Bible.
The top testimonies of 2014: The atheist’s dilemma; pro football was my god; Fox News’ highly reluctant Jesus follower.
