{"id":2513917,"date":"2025-11-24T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christianity-today-hires-woke-female-ceo-amid-continued-liberal-shift\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:39:15","slug":"christianity-today-hires-woke-female-ceo-amid-continued-liberal-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christianity-today-hires-woke-female-ceo-amid-continued-liberal-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Christianity Today Hires Woke Female CEO Amid Continued Liberal Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristianity-today-hires-woke-female-ceo-amid-continued-liberal-shift%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Christianity Today has appointed Reverend Doctor Nicole Massie Martin as its new president and CEO, succeeding Timothy Dalrymple. Martin brings over 25 years of experience in nonprofit, academic, and ministry leadership, having previously served as Chief Impact Officer and COO at Christianity Today. She holds advanced theological degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and has held leadership roles at the American Bible Society, including as Executive Director of Trauma Healing.<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment has sparked concern among some Christian conservatives, who fear she will continue the publication&#8217;s shift toward more liberal and &#8220;woke&#8221; perspectives on cultural and political issues. Critics cite Martin&#8217;s work on racial trauma and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-new-math-framework-demands-educators-teach-toward-social-justice\/\" title=\"California\u2019s New Math Framework Demands Educators \u2018Teach Toward Social Justice\u2019\">social justice topics<\/a>, such as a 2023 article describing her personal experience with racial profiling and police encounters, as evidence of this trend.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was selected after a five-month global search and has expressed a vision to unify the church by sharing diverse stories and ideas from across ideological and political divides within the kingdom of God.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Christianity Today announced the hiring of &ldquo;Reverend Doctor&rdquo; Nicole Massie Martin as their next president and CEO, marking the continued liberal drift of the evangelical publication.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news-releases\/christianity-today-appoints-dr-nicole-massie-martin-as-president-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> published Nov. 19 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christianity-today-caught-taking-funding-major-planned-parenthood-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity Today<\/a> website said that Martin, who has &ldquo;more than 25 years of nonprofit, academic, ministry leadership, and church engagement experience,&rdquo; previously served as &ldquo;Chief Impact Officer&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audit-michigan-may-have-paid-billions-in-fraudulent-jobless-claims-gretchen-whitmer-administration-hit-with-kickback-allegations\/\" title=\"Audit: Michigan May Have Paid Billions in &#039;Fraudulent&#039; Jobless Claims; Gretchen Whitmer Administration Hit with &#039;Kickback&#039; Allegations\">chief operating officer<\/a> at the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >search committee unanimously recommended<\/a> her hiring to the board, which then affirmed her as the replacement for Timothy Dalrymple.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Christianity Today Board of Directors has unanimously elected Dr. Nicole Massie Martin as its next President and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pdm56cA8Xf\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pdm56cA8Xf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uTIpndmOb\">pic.twitter.com\/4uTIpndmOb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTmagazine\/status\/1991167656657887374?\">November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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at the American Bible Society.<\/p>\n<p>Her personal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolemassiemartin.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> ascribes her the title of &ldquo;Reverend Doctor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Christian conservative voices expressed concern that Martin would continue the woke trajectory of Christianity Today, which has increasingly espoused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/called-christian-publication-ripped-thumbing-noses-charlie-kirk-praising-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left-wing<\/a> views on cultural and political topics.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Redemer, the director of education at American Reformer, noted that Martin&rsquo;s tenure at the American Bible Society, where she pioneered the &ldquo;Trauma Healing Institute,&rdquo; represented a concerning mission drift for the organization, which had historically focused on biblical literacy, that later leadership had to correct.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If this is a sign of the kind of leadership we can now expect at the highest office of one of the most important publications in American Evangelicalism we should be rightly concerned,&rdquo; Redemer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Join me in hoping and praying for better!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The American Bible Society (ABS) is a massively important institution in American Evangelicalism long focused on the goal of global evangelization. ABS is where Nicole Massie Martin got her start as a senior executive as she was promoted from into roles as Senior Vice President&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJPU9mR5rN\">https:\/\/t.co\/iJPU9mR5rN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Redemer (@RedemTheTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedemTheTimes\/status\/1991542744779727045?\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Christian commentary outlet Protestia pulled from a 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2023\/07\/racial-trauma-justice-police-latest-black-tragedy-mine-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> written by Massie at Christianity Today in which she described the &ldquo;full-fledged panic&rdquo; she experienced when pulled over by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-executives-admit-meddling-with-election-backing-biden-in-leaked-video\/\" title=\"Facebook executives admit meddling with election, backing Biden in leaked video\">white police officer<\/a> for a minor traffic violation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without warning, my hands began to tremble, my breathing quickened, and my legs started to shake. I called my husband and told him what was happening,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Enjoy a quote from new Christianity Today President &amp; Ceo Nicole Martin, who recounts getting pulled over by a white police officer for a traffic infraction:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without warning, my hands began to tremble, my breathing quickened, and my legs started to shake. I called my husband&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Protestia (@Protestia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Protestia\/status\/1991812205042348096?\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Images of Black men and women shot for minor offenses raced through my mind,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;Would I be lumped into the countless names of Black people who have died for misdemeanors, or would I be among the privileged few who escaped alive?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although Martin left the scene with nothing but a citation, she still &ldquo;began to cry&rdquo; for &ldquo;all of the Black men and women who begged for their lives and still died.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I cried for Manuel Ellis, Philando Castile, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Alton Sterling, and so many more,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was chosen for her new role after a five-month process that involved 130 candidates from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>She said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-christian-magazine-wants-sob-stories-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity Today<\/a> news release that she intends to &ldquo;elevate the wide-ranging, far-reaching stories and ideas of the kingdom of God in a way that unifies the church beyond ideological and political boundaries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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