Canon Press has formally submitted a proposal to purchase substantially all the assets of Christianity Today International for $10 million in cash. The letter, sent overnight on September 29, 2025, lays out what Canon describes as an attempt to preserve the magazine’s legacy while restoring it to relevance in an era when, in their words, Christians are “coming under fire for expressing the most basic truths.”

The move comes after years of decline at Christianity Today, where under figures like Russell Moore and Mike Cosper, the once-respected publication has become a caricature of progressive evangelicalism. What was once branded as “the flagship” of evangelical journalism is now known more for its apologetics for leftist politics and cultural compromise than for defending the gospel.

Moore, who left the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and landed at Christianity Today, quickly turned the platform into a megaphone for elite disdain toward conservative Christians.

His editorials routinely scolded evangelicals for supporting conservative politics, while offering little more than half-hearted hand-wringing when it came to abortion, queer ideology, and the very cultural rot eating away at the church. The pages of CT under Moore became less about Christ and more about cultural respectability.

Cosper, who helmed CT’s high-profile podcasts, carried the same spirit into new media. His productions, such as The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, were less about exposing false doctrine and more about pushing narratives that painted conservative theology as inherently abusive.

Meanwhile, Cosper himself was cavorting with progressives and LGBT-affirming “Christians,” even lending legitimacy to queer theology platforms and figures that openly mock biblical sexuality. The irony is thick—while CT claimed to be about accountability and truth, its own leadership was busy platforming those who hate the truth.

It is this wreckage that Canon Press now seeks to address. Their proposal is straightforward, a 10 million cash offer, debt-free, to acquire all of CT’s assets and attempt to rebuild it into something that could grow and reach a larger audience.

Whether one agrees with Canon Press’s theological distinctives or not, their framing is clear—this is not simply a business acquisition, it is, in fact, a rescue operation.

What remains to be seen is whether Christianity Today will accept the offer. As of now, the proposal is only that—an offer. But the symbolism is unmistakable. Doug Wilson’s Canon Press sees itself as throwing a rope to a sinking ship, while the legacy publication continues to drift in the currents of progressive evangelicalism.