Christianity Today (CT) magazine has rejected a $10 million buyout offer from the publishing company Canon Press, founded by prominent Christian nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson.
The Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham first shared news of the offer on 29 September on X. In the letter, titled “Proposal to Purchase Assets – Christianity Today International,” Canon Press states that Charlie Kirk, the controversial right-wing political activist who was assassinated in September, is the motivation behind the proposed purchase.
“Charlie Kirk carried the torch of Christianity Today’s founder, Billy Graham, as a global evangelist, and it is in his legacy that we see the future of Christianity Today,” the letter states.
It continues that Canon Press could expand the publication to “reach a larger audience”, which it says would ultimately increase its impact and preserve Graham’s legacy; Graham died in 2018 at the age of 99.
As Premier Christian News previously reported, Wilson has built an international network of churches since the 1990s under the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) banner. CREC now has more than 150 congregations across four continents. Wilson has also founded educational institutions, authored books, and cultivated a significant online following.
By his own account, Wilson believes American society — including its government — should be governed by a conservative interpretation of biblical law. He has also expressed patriarchal views on gender.
In a statement to The Roys Report, CT interim president and CEO Thomas Addington said: “We recently received an unsolicited offer by a third party to purchase Christianity Today. Christianity Today is not for sale and has never been for sale.”
CT was founded in 1956. The nonprofit global media ministry says it engages more than 4.5 million Christian leaders each month.