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A Definitive Ranking of Television’s Best Christian Characters

A Definitive Ranking of Television’s Best Christian Characters

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Christians on TV have a branding problem. Too often they’re written as punchlines, villains or walking HR violations wrapped in a Bible verse. Faith becomes shorthand for hypocrisy, repression or a joke worn thin by the second commercial break. And honestly, sometimes that critique is earned. Still, every once in a while, television gets it…