“The selection of Erik Petrik as the next editor-in-chief highlights how far the organization has moved from conventional journalistic expectations. Petrik’s primary experience is in creative production, podcast development, film, and visual branding; he executive-produced the feminist series The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill that revived Mark Driscoll’s career and has overseen other audio and design initiatives at CT…”
(Evangelical Dark Web) Christianity Today is in clear organizational distress. The magazine’s October 2026 leadership announcement and accompanying staff reductions are the latest evidence of a multi-year trajectory that has steadily alienated much of its traditional evangelical readership. While the pace accelerated after Russell Moore’s tenure as editor-in-chief, the underlying shift away from the magazine’s historic base was already underway well before he took the role.
Leadership instability has become a defining feature. In less than seven years, CT has named six editors-in-chief: Mark Galli, Daniel Harrell, Tim Dalrymple, Russell Moore, Marvin Olasky, and now Erik Petrik. Such rapid turnover is rare for a publication that still claims to speak for a broad evangelical audience. Moore served as editor-in-chief from 2022 until 2025, when he moved to editor-at-large to focus on podcasting and writing.
Read more about Christianity Today’s leftist drift here
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