Christianity Today ends every year with a survey of its most-read and most-important stories in several categories. Click here for the home page, and in the link above to see the Top 10 overall — for which mine did not qualify.
But for the Top 10 news stories, several of mine were grouped at #4 under the Israel-Hamas War heading. This one was signaled out among the most pivotal:
Amid Israel-Hamas War, Local Christians Seek Righteous Anger and Gospel Hope
The Top 20 international stories were listed by most-read, with the attacks on churches in Manipur, India ranking #1. The Israel-Hamas war was grouped together at #2, with this article highlighted:
Palestinian Evangelicals Call Western Church to Repentance, Criticized in Return
Here is the list of the most popular other articles I contributed:
#3 — Turkish Christians Plead: Don’t Distribute Bibles After Earthquake
#7 — ‘We Are Not in Heaven’: Niger Analyst Explains Christians’ Concern After Coup
#8 — Saudi Arabia Embraced Coptic Christmas. Could Its First Church Be Next?
#11 — Train Up a Child: Ukraine’s Christian Schools Model Wartime Education
#19 — Quran Burning in Sweden Singes Muslim-World Christians
In another category, 12 articles were chosen by the editor of audience engagement for favorite less-read stories she wanted to re-circulate. This one was listed first:
From Dust to Lunch: Jordanian Christians Decry Cost of Funeral Feast
Finally, 13 stories were selected to highlight from the Greater Middle East, arranged in chronological order. Click here to see the list, or on select individual articles from Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, and others.
Thank you for reading along faithfully this past year. Your prayers are appreciated for better reporting in 2024, and more importantly, for a better world.
Jayson Casper 