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Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

byMegan Basham
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Dr. Jonathan Sarfati
5.0 out of 5 starsExposes leftward drift of Big Eva, often funded by secular leftist billionaires
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
The book documents how many soi-disant Evangelical leaders have departed from biblical truth and indeed from what many of their congregants believe. The book covers the following:

1. Global warming, climate alarmism
2. Illegal immigration
3. Abortion
4. COVID lockdowns (including vaccines/masking)
5. Critical race theory
6. #MeToo movement and guilt-by-accusation
7. LGBTQ

The book also documents how much funding from wealthy leftist anti-Christian sources have been used to try to sway Evangelicals, often the largest voting bloc against their agenda. But the author is careful to say that not all those named in the book have taken funding. Sometimes, the funding has followed the shepherd's previous move to the left.

The book also documents the emotional blackmail, where “Love thy neighbour” is used to justify the leftist policies. Big Eva often gives little thought to whether the policy actually DOES good to the neighbour. The author has case studies of individuals at the beginning of each chapter to show the opposite. She also documents that ‘green’ policies have caused the collapse of the economies of Ghana and Sri Lanka, thus hurting many Sri Lankan and Ghanan neighbours.

Similarly, she writes in Ch. 2 that Big Eva justifies open-slather illegal immigration, and “pepper their speeches with Bible verses about the fatherless and the widow but fail to acknowledge how the positions they’ve staked out have created plenty of both” (46).

In Ch. 3, Mrs Basham documents how many Big Eva downplay the right to life, without which there is no other right. Often they insist that to be ‘truly pro-life’, people must also adopt many leftist policy positions, e.g. even more illegal immigration, spending even more than the $1T on welfare that we already do, etc. It gets to where a politician who supports abortion up to birth for any reason can be ‘truly pro-life’ because of wide support of leftism. Much of it was to give cover to vote for pro-abort lefist politicians.

For Ch. 5, I respectfully dissent from her position in some respects. Yes, many of the lockdowns were very unfair. Closing churches but opening pot-shops, abortion mills, liquor stores, and casinos was politics not science. Same goes for encouraging the 2020 riots, at a time when even outdoor church services and funerals were banned, even though the virus didn't spread much outdoors. But the vaccines were both very safe and very effective at preventing serious disease and death. It is also common sense that masking helps. After all, we cover our nose and mouth while coughing and sneezing, to put up an imperfect barrier against droplets that carry pathogens. As a pro-vaxer, I fault Francis Collins in holding up approval of the vaccines for weeks because of an unscientific ‘Diversity’ reason, at a time when Covid was killing maybe 600 unvaxed Americans per day. But Mrs Basham is right to expose Collins’ very unbiblical viewpoints. She also exposesTim Keller's lame defense of Collins: supposedly he was like Daniel working under the pagan Nebuchadnezzar, but when "Nebuchadnezzar" was Trump and wanting to outlaw these antibiblical things like research on aborted baby parts, "Daniel"/Collins was pushing for the antibiblical things.

In Ch. 6, Mrs Basham documents how the SBC unequally yoked with the anti-Christian Guidepost organization to come up with what amounts to Guilt-by-Accusation. One of the key players treated Justice Kavanaugh as basically guilty simply because someone accused him. There is also a Popperian unfalsifiability: if an accuser's claims can be corroborated, that proves the claims. But if they are found to be false, then it's evidence that the accuser suffered such trauma that her recollection is off. Heads, accuser wins; tails, accused loses. The same person also helped draft an SBC report, then helped someone sue the SBC based on that report, a clear conflict of interest.
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Andrew B
2.0 out of 5 starsThought-Provoking but Flawed: A Mixed Review of 'Shepherds for Sale'
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024
Megan Basham's book "Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda" offers a compelling critique of recent trends in American conservative evangelicalism. I find many of her observations accurate and important. Basham effectively captures a unique moment of political transformation, social unrest, and theological tension in evangelical life from around 2012 onward. Her book highlights how certain evangelical leaders and institutions have promoted secular progressive ideology across various topics. While the narrow time frame is both a strength and weakness, Basham raises valid concerns about the adoption of progressive viewpoints on issues like immigration, sexual abuse handling, and COVID-19 responses. She correctly points out instances where biblical principles have been compromised or confused messaging has prevailed. The book is particularly strong when focusing on the practical consequences of these shifts rather than speculating on motivations. Overall, "Shepherds for Sale" provides a thought-provoking analysis of recent evangelical capitulation to progressivism, even if I don't agree with every point.

In my review of Basham's "Shepherds for Sale," I've identified several factual errors that undermine the book's credibility. For instance, Basham claims that Southeastern Seminary would never invite E. Calvin Beisner to speak, yet I found evidence that Beisner participated in a symposium at SEBTS in 2017.
Regarding the SBC name change, Basham's portrayal is misleading. The "Great Commission Baptists" descriptor was actually approved years earlier as an optional alternate name, not as part of a recent "racial reckoning."

In discussing Tim Keller's Atlantic interview, Basham mischaracterizes his statements. She writes that Keller argued "the Bible does not tell Christians how to oppose abortion" and that being a Christian Trump supporter meant "you were focused on 'power and saying, How are we going to use power to live life the way we want?'" However, the full context of Keller's interview doesn't support this interpretation. Keller actually said, "For Christians just to completely hook up with one party or another is really idolatry. It's also reducing the Gospel to a political agenda."

Basham also misrepresents Keller's New Yorker piece. She accuses him of "slighting" and "denigrating" Christians who voted for Trump, but the article doesn't mention Trump voters. Instead, Keller discusses the changing definition of "evangelical" in popular usage.

The book's selective outrage is evident in its treatment of figures like Richard Land. Basham criticizes Russell Moore for advocacy on issues like immigration and environmentalism, but doesn't mention that Land, Moore's predecessor, pioneered these efforts at the ERLC.

While Basham raises some valid concerns, these factual errors and inconsistencies significantly weaken her argument. The book's title, "Shepherds for Sale," implies a level of corruption that the content doesn't fully substantiate. As I conclude, "Shepherds for Sale contains good, hard questions, but not enough reliable answers."
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Dr. Jonathan Sarfati
5.0 out of 5 stars Exposes leftward drift of Big Eva, often funded by secular leftist billionaires
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
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The book documents how many soi-disant Evangelical leaders have departed from biblical truth and indeed from what many of their congregants believe. The book covers the following:

1. Global warming, climate alarmism
2. Illegal immigration
3. Abortion
4. COVID lockdowns (including vaccines/masking)
5. Critical race theory
6. #MeToo movement and guilt-by-accusation
7. LGBTQ

The book also documents how much funding from wealthy leftist anti-Christian sources have been used to try to sway Evangelicals, often the largest voting bloc against their agenda. But the author is careful to say that not all those named in the book have taken funding. Sometimes, the funding has followed the shepherd's previous move to the left.

The book also documents the emotional blackmail, where “Love thy neighbour” is used to justify the leftist policies. Big Eva often gives little thought to whether the policy actually DOES good to the neighbour. The author has case studies of individuals at the beginning of each chapter to show the opposite. She also documents that ‘green’ policies have caused the collapse of the economies of Ghana and Sri Lanka, thus hurting many Sri Lankan and Ghanan neighbours.

Similarly, she writes in Ch. 2 that Big Eva justifies open-slather illegal immigration, and “pepper their speeches with Bible verses about the fatherless and the widow but fail to acknowledge how the positions they’ve staked out have created plenty of both” (46).

In Ch. 3, Mrs Basham documents how many Big Eva downplay the right to life, without which there is no other right. Often they insist that to be ‘truly pro-life’, people must also adopt many leftist policy positions, e.g. even more illegal immigration, spending even more than the $1T on welfare that we already do, etc. It gets to where a politician who supports abortion up to birth for any reason can be ‘truly pro-life’ because of wide support of leftism. Much of it was to give cover to vote for pro-abort lefist politicians.

For Ch. 5, I respectfully dissent from her position in some respects. Yes, many of the lockdowns were very unfair. Closing churches but opening pot-shops, abortion mills, liquor stores, and casinos was politics not science. Same goes for encouraging the 2020 riots, at a time when even outdoor church services and funerals were banned, even though the virus didn't spread much outdoors. But the vaccines were both very safe and very effective at preventing serious disease and death. It is also common sense that masking helps. After all, we cover our nose and mouth while coughing and sneezing, to put up an imperfect barrier against droplets that carry pathogens. As a pro-vaxer, I fault Francis Collins in holding up approval of the vaccines for weeks because of an unscientific ‘Diversity’ reason, at a time when Covid was killing maybe 600 unvaxed Americans per day. But Mrs Basham is right to expose Collins’ very unbiblical viewpoints. She also exposesTim Keller's lame defense of Collins: supposedly he was like Daniel working under the pagan Nebuchadnezzar, but when "Nebuchadnezzar" was Trump and wanting to outlaw these antibiblical things like research on aborted baby parts, "Daniel"/Collins was pushing for the antibiblical things.

In Ch. 6, Mrs Basham documents how the SBC unequally yoked with the anti-Christian Guidepost organization to come up with what amounts to Guilt-by-Accusation. One of the key players treated Justice Kavanaugh as basically guilty simply because someone accused him. There is also a Popperian unfalsifiability: if an accuser's claims can be corroborated, that proves the claims. But if they are found to be false, then it's evidence that the accuser suffered such trauma that her recollection is off. Heads, accuser wins; tails, accused loses. The same person also helped draft an SBC report, then helped someone sue the SBC based on that report, a clear conflict of interest.
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Ells
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is extremely important for those who value the word of God over the approval of culture.
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
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Big Eva is big mad about being exposed in the pages of Megan's book. There's been an organized effort from the people named in the book, their colleagues, and their sycophants to discredit it. Don't fall for the smear campaign of the howling dogs who were directly hit by the precisely thrown rock that Megan Basham launched into the middle of sellout Evangelical elites.

For those of us who have been following the capitulation of many big name Evangelicals to the progressive left, many of the examples cited in this book are very familiar. We've seen the videos, read the social media posts and articles, and even sat in the audiences as pulpits were abused to push leftist propaganda. In fact, this book could have become a multi-volume tome if a more exhaustive list of examples had been given. But what Megan has brought to light in these pages is the clearly stated agenda and influx of dark money from openly leftist/progressive/Marxist billionaires and NGOs for the express purpose of recruiting Evangelicals to their progressive causes and breaking up the most challenging conservative voting block in the nation.

From internal emails to whistle blowers to publicly available 990 financial disclosures, Mrs. Basham lays out the receipts, and her conclusion is undeniable. I've seen dozens of hit pieces (articles, videos, social media posts) attempting to discredit this book and dissuade people from reading it over the past week and a half, and not a single one has even attempted to refute its main premise. Every one has attempted to knit pick and play word games with statements about individuals mentioned in the book in an attempt to salvage their reputations as trustworthy Evangelical leaders. That doesn't mean that everyone mentioned is portrayed as a wolf in sheep's clothing. Megan clearly states in her introduction that there are varying degrees of culpability and motivations behind those she mentions. Some people are political operatives who have started or are in leadership in Evangelical institutions that have received huge grants from leftists organizations for the express purpose of pushing a particular agenda, while others, further down stream, are simply mentioned as leaders lacking discernment, who have bought into the propaganda and are unknowingly giving the progressive sugar-daddies what they paid for.

From climate alarmists selling carbon credits from the "Christian" company on whose board they sit at SEBTS to the Evangelical Immigration Table (part of a larger leftist globalist open boarders organization) taking Soros money to push for blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants, this book uncovers the dirt. From the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission being paid to promote the idea that our country is under the prevalent threat of "white supremacy" to the promotion of Critical Race Theory (a Neo-Marxist conflict theory) in Evangelical institutions and seminaries, Megan Basham documents the dirty truth. There's too much to cover in a short review, but efforts to soften Evangelical (biblical) views on everything from abortion to homosexuality and transgender insanity is documented in this book. I highly recommend it for every Christian concerned about the direction of Evangelicalism and its growing capitulation to the worst aspects of America's Godless culture. Don't let the protests of those who should be repenting (either of a lack of discernment or of being bought off hirelings) prevent you from reading this important book.
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Tim Wilder
5.0 out of 5 stars Sign of a big change in the narrative
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
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This book is a smashing success and is being promoted in endless interviews and reviews on podcasts. In addition, there are attempted rebuttals by those whose agendas were uncovered by the author (especially those with institutional alliances within Big Eva), and various debunking by others of the rebuttals. The book exposes the inroads of the left into Evangelical institutions and the ways in which this leftist ideology is repackaged to make it appear Christian. Now suddenly everyone is becoming aware of this and the book is being declared a brilliant and critically important achievement, which it may be. But how did this happen?

It is not as though others had not been pointing out these things for decades. Of course, the labels change and new personalities come along. But the same agenda is in play as what I, for example, was pointing out in the Christian Reformed Church and Presbyterian Church in America thirty-five years ago. But more than that, there then were journalists, such as Darrell Maurina covering the CRC, writing as well. Not many people cared. Now suddenly HarperCollins publishes a best-seller on it.

There is a big change in what is allowed to be noticed and discussed in public forums. We should have seen this coming. Very recently there was a big buzz about the “Moscow Mood” referencing what Doug Wilson and his associates were saying. Big Eva brought out their big guns, people like Ligon Duncan, to try to suppress this. But Wilson & company are not such a big thing as to deserve all that attention. What really was happening was that the Evangelical establishment had perceived that they were losing control of the narrative. Megan Basham’s success shows that they have lost that control. Even many of the Evangelical mugwumps see that they need to line up beside the critics like Basham. At least they can still show that not all of Big Eva are bad guys.

Of course, the victory is not absolute. There has been a big alteration in what is accepted in public discussion, but there are still plenty of forbidden areas that a book like this one will not go into. (Basham may not even be aware of these.)

At the same time, we have to realize that this book follows immediately in the wake of the big victory of the left in the Southern Baptist Convention, where the conservatives could only get about 30% of the vote on behalf of a conservative president for the denomination, the Law amendment was defeated, and the radical bureaucracies, the very thing featured in this book, were not reined in. The left can no longer control the narrative but it still controls the institutions.
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J.L.H.
5.0 out of 5 stars SHE'S OVER THE TARGET!
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2024
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Judging from the screeching and pearl-clutching on the part of those referenced in the book and their acolytes, Megan is over the target. I have seen some hilariously bad "reviews" below criticizing everything from the paper quality (really??) to the fact that John MacArthur endorsed it and somehow that's "hypocritical" because Megan's a pastor or something (which would surprise her, no doubt). Those criticizing this book are doing so either out of spite and animus, or misguided loyalty. Most likely have not read it through.

As a lifelong Southern Baptist, much of this sad tale was already known to me. My father worked for the convention until retirement and I am thankful he is at home with the Lord and not here to witness the hot mess on steroids that so much of the SBC has become at the convention level. Megan is the canary in the coal mines. She is simply reporting what is happening. As the saying goes, "Don't shoot the messenger" if you don't like the message. She recognizes that Scripture is the infallible and objective Truth by which all man-made philosophies must be measured. If they don't match, guess which one is wrong? (2 Corinthians 10:5). The sheep know the voice of their Lord, and judging by the recent influx in my own little church of those fleeing neighboring churches that have placed the culture above God's Word, the true sheep will not follow another (John 10:5, 10:27). This is a clarion call, and a shot across the bow to those playing footsie with the world and trying to straddle the fence. Wake up and strengthen what remains and repent. (Rev. 3:2-6).

If your pastor is included in this book or if your church is sponsoring these ideas in any form - FLEE! The Gospel was given once to the saints (Jude 3). We are to contend earnestly for it and not allow ourselves to be manipulated through the ever-present "love your neighbor" mantra that has become the "go to" for any policy the left wants to instill under the evangelical tent. Enough is enough! God will not be mocked and He has placed His Word above His name. (Psalm 138:2). Woe to those who twist it for temporal gain.

Grab this book and buy a copy for your pastor. It's an easy, fluid read. Every layperson needs to read it and every pastor or elder should have it in his library. (My Amazon bill will be substantial this month as I have bought a copy for all of our elders.) It's that important. It's that revealing. This is the battle for our time. We dare not shirk it. Hold the line, Orthodox Christians. Hold to Scripture. Let no one deceive you. Finish well.
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David Atkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing a much needed discussion into the church
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2024
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Megan discusses the "The Eleventh Commandment" -- an unwritten understanding among evangelicals not to openly criticize leaders -- in her introduction. We all know that in real life humans are subject to influence and will make mistakes. If congregations were able to pierce this wall against questioning church leaders, but do so with wisdom and not malice, maybe this book would not be needed.

But what has happened is that years of averting our eyes and ears to what we were seeing in many evangelical churches (not mine personally but it has been apparent in many others) has led to wall of pent-up frustration with what seems to be a wayward movement, and the results in society are palpable. Among them are the rise of the "nones" (those with no religious affiliation but not true atheists), a sharp rise in depression among Gen Z, especially among girls, and a swath of millions of young men floundering in life with no jobs or meaning in life. Can all those societal ills be blamed on these influences in the church? Maybe not, but I do think we are seeing some sanity return, if for no other reason that church members are tired on being unhappy.

Megan's book serves as a catalyst to finally bring these discussions out into the open, which is needed to finally address each of the issues listed in the chapters. I was worried that she would be tempted to take cheap shots at the individuals named in the book, but it's hard to deny her facts in her extensive research and notations. The one really pointed negative take written for The Dispatch takes issue with some of her details, and sure those should be openly debated, but it then descends into the familiar "It's all about Donald Trump" trope.

Bottom line: Megan Basham has done an incredible service to the church in dragging these issues in front of everyone, breaking the walls of uncomfortable silence and forcing a discussion that will enable healing of the church and return the church to being able to serve society as a whole.
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Meema
5.0 out of 5 stars Never Give Up
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2024
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The author, is not just an excellent writer, she is also a skilled journalist who adheres to the 5W rules of bringing the receipts. There is no hearsay or speculation in her well crafted revelation. She provides the proof, including the publicly recorded words of those she fearlessly names in her telling of Who, What, Where, When and Why, has hijacked the foundational Christian principals, as delineated in Scripture, and thus made Christianity appear to have willingly bent a knee to and conformed nicely to a secular world.

And, yes, we do battle with dark principalities since time began, but seriously ramped up for the last two millennia. But the very human minions who have risen to credentialed, respected places of authority seem to know exactly how to herd the sheep... with noble-sounding, (false) righteous, sweet lies that, I might add, has reaped them much wealth. The irony being, they have no idea that they are minions. They gather herds of followers because they believe they are good and right and so they are earnest and thus believable.

As I finished the last paragraph, I had a flush of hope that surprised me. I guess I had to sink in order to rise up. That's truly one distinction of a mature spirit, the ability to see above and beyond what most would deem as hopeless. One of the most often used tactics of the enemy is to convince you that you have no hope of winning so you might as well give up. I asked, 'well, if satan is working that angle, that must mean he knows he hasn't won'. I considered that maybe the 'great falling away' might also be the revealing of the dark agenda and the opening of eyes to see what is true, which is the first step in fighting back.

God owns time. Christ told His disciples that no one, not even He knew the hour or day. Which means satan doesn't know either. History tells us there have been many times when all seemed hopeless. And that is when God's remnant stood up and said, 'not this time'.

But don't take my word for it - seek the truth for yourself. Read the book. Might want to buckle up though.
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Joel Tope
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally someone named the elephant in the room!
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2024
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I have been frustrated with many of the talking heads in the evangelical leadership because they seem either on the wrong side of an issue or never speak to an issue that demands a response from the church. It smells of compromise but I didn't know why until Megan followed the money trail.

This is a deep dive and yet she moves quickly through the material. I've seen her speak on many different platforms: Crosspolitic, Alisa Childers, Seth Gruber, The Sword and the Trowel, Relatable, and I follow her on X. In those settings, she understands the limitations of that particular setting and can't go into the level of detail that she does in this book. Sadly, I believe we tend to be shallow in our thinking, so given to sound bytes and 1 minute shorts that this kind of depth makes our eyes blur, our ears hurt, and our head spin. The picture I attached was just the first page of notes I took in the first chapter because I wanted to see the connections. I feel like it's a detective's wall with strings attached and connections I would never be able to recognize without her incredibly thorough research. Oh how thankful I am that Megan was not bought off herself or none of this would have seen the light of day.

She looked under some big rocks and took her flashlight to show us what was really under there. This book is a MUST read for every Christian named by the name of Christ Jesus. You must know that there are wolves in sheep's clothing among us and be sober and alert. Be Berean Christians and hold your leaders and your institutions to the Word. Do not compromise, listen and heed the counsel of the Holy Spirit, and live in the light.

Ephesians 4:15 tells us that we are to speak the truth in love and grow up in all aspects into Christ, and I am so very grateful that Megan has done this. This work is a sacrificial gift that will serve to both purify and equip the true ekklesia.

A postscript--Can I just say that the "Rent an Evangelical" concept was so sickening to me?! Where, o where is your integrity? Fear God rather than man and do not love unrighteous mammon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally someone named the elephant in the room!
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2024
I have been frustrated with many of the talking heads in the evangelical leadership because they seem either on the wrong side of an issue or never speak to an issue that demands a response from the church. It smells of compromise but I didn't know why until Megan followed the money trail.

This is a deep dive and yet she moves quickly through the material. I've seen her speak on many different platforms: Crosspolitic, Alisa Childers, Seth Gruber, The Sword and the Trowel, Relatable, and I follow her on X. In those settings, she understands the limitations of that particular setting and can't go into the level of detail that she does in this book. Sadly, I believe we tend to be shallow in our thinking, so given to sound bytes and 1 minute shorts that this kind of depth makes our eyes blur, our ears hurt, and our head spin. The picture I attached was just the first page of notes I took in the first chapter because I wanted to see the connections. I feel like it's a detective's wall with strings attached and connections I would never be able to recognize without her incredibly thorough research. Oh how thankful I am that Megan was not bought off herself or none of this would have seen the light of day.

She looked under some big rocks and took her flashlight to show us what was really under there. This book is a MUST read for every Christian named by the name of Christ Jesus. You must know that there are wolves in sheep's clothing among us and be sober and alert. Be Berean Christians and hold your leaders and your institutions to the Word. Do not compromise, listen and heed the counsel of the Holy Spirit, and live in the light.

Ephesians 4:15 tells us that we are to speak the truth in love and grow up in all aspects into Christ, and I am so very grateful that Megan has done this. This work is a sacrificial gift that will serve to both purify and equip the true ekklesia.

A postscript--Can I just say that the "Rent an Evangelical" concept was so sickening to me?! Where, o where is your integrity? Fear God rather than man and do not love unrighteous mammon.
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A. Cassler
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read book for evangelicals today!
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2024
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Easily one of the most consequential books for the church today, Megan Basham’s Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda explains how ideologies and practices of the political left have infiltrated the traditionally-conservative Church and many of her leaders. Considering all the controversy about the book (primarily circulating on X), Basham’s main argument has not been falsified or defeated. I’m surely not alone in experiencing leftward drift in the Church and wondering how it happened.

Basham explains how leftist organizations have intentionally targeted evangelicals to accept and advocate for leftist policies and positions on climate change, illegal immigration, abortion, political power, Covid-19, CRT, the #MeToo movement, and LGBTQ issues. There’s really no question that big name evangelicals have become activists for things that are expressly promoted by the political left, and that influence has impacted everyday Christians wittingly or unwittingly. This is an eye-opening book and a must-read! Basham also shares her riveting testimony in the book’s concluding chapter, which underscores the importance of preaching the one, true gospel.

Basham writes, “Everywhere I go, I see signs that the faithful are ready to battle back the progressive ideologues inhabiting pulpits and high ministry offices. I believe the reason J. D. Greear, Russell Moore, and other progressive-friendly pastors grew so belligerent in secular media interviews regarding ordinary evangelicals is because they are smarting from the disapproval of the large numbers of people who now see what they are about. The message that we will not tolerate the preaching of different gospels is getting through. It should come through even clearer.

Where shepherds and teachers are compromising the Word for the sake of worldly approval, where they are belittling their sheep and defaming the Church for the applause of the important and influential, we should not reward them by remaining in their churches or buying their books.”
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MKW
5.0 out of 5 stars Calling this generation to accountability
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2024
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The Editor of Christianity Today once wrote: “To fail to speak is more than cowardice; it is sinful. There comes a time when Christians must not keep silent, when to do so is far worse than to speak and risk being misunderstood or disagreed with. If we Christians do not learn from history, we are bound to repeat its mistakes."

That CT editor was Harold Lindsell, in his 1976 book, "The Battle for the Bible." He was a prophet to my generation, and his clarion call to engage the Southern Baptist Convention was influential to many my age (26 at the time). As laity, my wife and I began attending the SBC annually, voting for course course corrections for our denominational ship. Presidents like Adrian Rogers, W.A. Criswell, Charles Stanley, Tom Elliff and others led a conservative correction that took 30 years.

In 1990-95, I served as the general counsel for the ERLC (then called CLC); in 1996-2001 I was a VP and then interim president of the SBC seminary in Kansas City, and thereafter I have served as legal counsel for numerous state conventions, entities and churches. Having spent all my life as a Southern Baptist, much in Megan's book pains me. Nothing in it surprises me. "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it" says the old hymn. We all need course correction at times. We always need accountability. But the Lord always gives us hope.

Now, a new generation of young evangelicals are being called to exercise accountability and transparency in their churches, denominations, and ministry organizations. And the clarion call for this generation may turn out to be Shepherds for Sale, penned by a gifted researcher and communicator, Megan Basham. I pray that this book will have a dynamic impact on evangelicals today, just as Lindsell's book did on my generation in the 1980s.

Lindsell confronted the drift of SBC leaders away from inerrancy of Scripture. Basham confronts a drift of SBC leaders away from the sufficiency of scripture, and toward an embrace of backroom bargains to bring them *cash and cachet.*

May God use this book to stir pastors and laymen alike to wake up, speak up, and stand up. For the Lord; for His Word; for the Church. And for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Read this book. Heed this book. Share this book.

Mike Whitehead, Kansas City, MO
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Evangelical Christians should read this book because it exposes forces at work to subvert Christian belief. Through methodical documentation that includes both statistical analysis and horror stories, the author portrays an evangelical church rotting from the top. The apostasy comes not from the grass roots, but the pulpit. Leaders do this for money and for gratification and acceptance by elite, “mainstream” society. At work are well-heeled influencers who are not just indifferent to Christianity but hostile to it. These NGOs and media outlets exercise considerable power in changing core Christian teachings on matters of (to name just two) same-sex marriage and abortion. These organizations are subtle and clever in their methods and many of their heretical teachings have gained traction among the flock. For example, NGOs hijack the biblical directive to “love they neighbor” as a mandate for all manner of social justice and progressive causes. Climate change becomes “Creation Care” along with other inane slogans that snare the unwary. Women who engage in consensual, extramarital sex are not sinners but “victims” and “survivors.” The extensive evidence presented to support the book’s conclusions means it should withstand the kneejerk progressive criticism that it amounts to nothing more than McCarthyite fearmongering. Ultimately, the book may force a needed confrontation with nominally-evangelical leaders over core issues that have already decimated mainline Christianity. Well worth reading by an evangelical audience.
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