Stackhouse appeared on the editorial masthead of "Christianity Today" from 1994 until 2018, and served as a contributing editor for "Books & Culture" and "Christian History & Biography" magazines. He is a former columnist with "Christian Week" and the "Winnipeg Free Press", and resumed his column with "Faith Today" in 2009. He served as senior advisor to the Centre for Research on Canadian Evangelicalism from its genesis in 2008 to 2010. He wrote over 200 weekly web columns for "Context: Beyond the Headlines," a leading Canadian Christian public affairs television program, until 2020. He now writes occasionally for the Religion News Service, "Sightings" (produced at the University of Chicago Divinity School), and other media. He also serves on the editorial board of the "Anglican Journal."