Comments From Canon Press & Christianity Today
In response to questions from ChurchLeaders, Pastor Douglas Wilson replied:
I am not in the center of these discussions (despite popular perceptions), but I can say that it would not surprise me if there were to be a counteroffer. If there were a trigger moment, it probably was the lame reaction of CT to the Kirk murder. More generally, it is a response to the long, slow drift of CT, and not to any specific criticism of me. If such a purchase were to go through, the idea would be to restore the magazine to a place of biblical fidelity and one more representative of evangelicals generally.
When asked for comment, CT interim president and CEO Thomas Addington told ChurchLeaders, “Christianity Today is not for sale and has never been for sale.” About funding from the Hewlett Foundation, Addington said via email:
We received a grant from Hewlett specifically for our public theology project and in support of the development of a Christianity Today digital app. Nothing Hewlett funded for Christianity Today had connection to our Evangelical pro-life convictions. Neither has there been any attempt by Hewlett or any other granting agency to influence our pro-life reporting. Christianity Today believes and supports a conservative Evangelical pro-life stance. We would never take funding from any individual or organization that asked us to modify that position.
Theologian and researcher Dr. Danielle Treweek, who is from Australia, appeared to comment about the situation on X. “I’ll readily admit that I don’t really understand the US landscape,” she said, “in which funding is given to Christian organisations by secular entities who also give funding to organisations which are the very opposite to Christian in many senses.”
“But I’ll also readily admit that I don’t understand the US landscape in which journalists who are outraged about that,” Treweek added, “apparently don’t see any inconsistency in their publishing books and earning royalties from secular for-profit publishing houses who have company values that are, at points, the very opposite of Christian in many senses.”
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“And before anyone jumps up and down, no, I’m not saying these things are equivalent,” Treweek said. “But, yes, I am suggesting there is a level of equivalence. And with that said, I’ll go back to really not understanding the strange US landscape. Carry on my American friends.”
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