Megan Basham's "Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda"

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She's hit a lot of nerves with this book. Here's the description:

In Shepherds for Sale, Megan Basham of the Daily Wire documents how progressive powerbrokers —from George Soros, to the founder of eBay, to former members of the Obama administration— set out to change the American church. Their goal: to co-opt evangelicals for political purposes. She exposes:

·        The left-wing billionaires, foundations, and think tanks that deliberately target Christian media, universities, megachurches, nonprofits, and even entire denominations
·        The celebrity megachurch pastor who secretly encouraged a group of pastors to change their views on sexuality
·        The revered Presbyterian theologian who backed a congregation rebelling against his own denomination

These are just a glimpse into the compromises and astroturf campaigns Basham uncovers. Many evangelical leaders are pushing their members to “whisper” about sexual sins, reconsider the importance of abortion, lament the effects of climate change, and repent of “perpetuating systemic racism.” And in exchange for toeing a left-wing line, many of those church leaders and institutions have received cash, career jumps, prestige, and praise. Basham brings the receipts, and names names.

A rigorously reported exposé, Shepherds for Sale is a warning of what happens when the church trusts the world’s wisdom instead of Scripture.

[mountaineer]

Megan Basham
@megbasham
For years, the American Church has been overrun with leaders who are selling out their ministries to the highest bidders, giving wolves access to their sheep in exchange for elite respectability.

Rather than the truth of Scripture, high-profile pastors are preaching trendy social causes and reaping the spoils of the media's adulation.

The left's march through the institutions has brought it to the last bastion--the Church--and if it could, it would bring that edifice, too, toppling down to serve its political purposes.

Who is being bought and who is doing the buying? Why are our seminaries training students to be climate change activists and social justice warriors? Why are the Bible's instructions for handling accusations being thrown out while "trauma experts" are being brought in?

You've had your suspicions. Now you will have answers. I've spent the last two years investigating the capitulation, compromise, and propaganda peddling. I'm naming names and bringing receipts. 
 
I have received cease and desist threats from one of the country's most powerful law firms. My publisher has received letters from major ministries asking for meetings about their "concerns." Backroom powerbrokers have tried to discredit and derail my project. By God's grace, they've all failed.

You WILL learn which leaders and ministries are pimping their pulpits, cozying up to leftist sugardaddies, and  embracing the world's oldest profession.
5:36 PM · Apr 16, 2024

Here's a snippet: The Plot to Queer Evangelical Churches. Other topics include "climate change" and other social/political issues.

[mountaineer]

... In the introduction to Shepherds for Sale, Megan Basham outlines how the Communist party infiltrated mainline denominations between 1920 and 1950 through pastors, which the communists referred to as “the biggest suckers of them all.” It is not a secret that any of this happened, but in our typical modern-day hubris, we tend to think it couldn’t possibly still be happening to us today. “What leftward drift?” they type into their Twitter feeds before inviting us to join their “Evangelicals for Harris” #faithvoters #christiansforharris Zoom call.

Shepherds for Sale hadn’t been on the shelves for 24 hours before a fully edited and well-produced response video was available for your viewing pleasure. Gavin Ortlund, who was not accused of being “for sale”, and was mentioned in a total of 7 out of 30 pages in the first chapter, immediately uploaded a video to his YouTube channel with a thumbnail of a grumpy-looking Megan Basham alongside a pretending-to-be-shocked Gavin with the words “SHE’S TALKING ABOUT ME” (yes, in all caps).

While Ortlund was mentioned in the chapter, you’d be hard-pressed to come away from actually reading the content believing that he was in any way the point of the chapter. Interestingly, the full court press of Ortlund and his followers was unleashed, announcing that this book was full of errors and misprints. No need to read this rag if you can even stomach chapter one! Is it a coincidence that Ortlund’s fellow “minister in residence” at Immanuel Nashville, Russell Moore, is a major player in chapter two because of his involvement with the Evangelical Immigration Table (a group that has been majorly funded by George Soros’ Open Society)? Or perhaps many would not like you to read on to chapter 3, which details Moore’s strange lack of excitement about the reversal of Roe v Wade? Perhaps Moore’s co belligerents would not want you to read on to chapter 7, which details Moore’s less than ideal involvement in several abuse cover-ups in the SBC?

If you’ve been taking notes, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the release of Shepherds for Sale, which clearly outlines the ways in which large evangelical institutions have been intentionally influenced by leftist political aims over the last several years, has felt like someone has finally taken a match to a powder keg. While the proof of the leftward drift has been evident to anyone also capable of reading The Cat in the Hat for years, Basham has given us the receipts. And now we must begin asking the questions. ...

https://americanreformer.org/2024/08/shepherds-defend-your-flock/