Megan Basham

So, you know, the first thing I had to do through that was simply say, I'm not moving.

These are the facts.

I'm laying them out.

And when the mob comes, and sometimes it will, you simply cannot move.

But what you can take comfort in is knowing that eventually...

the truth is going to come out and a whole lot of people are suddenly going to pretend like they were on your side all along, because that's exactly what I've experienced in the evangelical world.

Now, in terms of being the lone bulwark, something that's really important to know is that the evangelical rank and file are much, much more conservative than their leadership class, and that's consistent, whether it's the Southern Baptist Convention,

the Presbyterian Church in America, the Anglicans, you just see it again and again, leadership class, much more liberal.

And that's because they're being inculcated in these things like the empathetic discussion in their seminaries.

So they're bringing this into their churches and it has had some effect, but it takes time.

to trickle down into the pews.

And so the second thing I wanna say is what we're seeing right now is what I'm terming the great rehab tour.

So all of these evangelical luminaries who head seminaries or who are internationally known pastors, big best-selling authors, they're now trying to pretend that they were never over there promoting Black Lives Matter, or they were never over there promoting Me Too movement and things like that, the immigration movement.

What I want is that unless there is repentance, we can't let this great rehab tour happen because they will do it again.

There needs to be accountability.

And so while I'm not here trying to be a Lady Defarge, trying to insist that everybody's head has to come off, I'm not saying that.

I am saying if they do not recognize their error, then no, they don't get to keep their platform and their audience.

You should still continue not giving money and attention to those people.

So, you know, that's a big component for me is that if you showed in the day of battle that you were going to bend the knee, then you no longer get to be trusted as a leader.

You should no longer get to occupy that leadership role in our movement.