Shepherds for Sale

How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

Megan Basham

• Publisher: Broadside Books
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9780063413443
• eBook ISBN: 9780063413450
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Conservatism & Liberalism

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bold, clear, and very well-researched.”—John MacArthur
""Some will quibble over details, but no one should miss the powerful warning in this book. We face a gathering storm, as Winston Churchill warned a century ago, but this time the enemy is inside as well as outside the gates. Every convinced and unashamed Evangelical should read, ponder, and pray over this important book.""—Os Guinness
How deeply have leftist billionaires infiltrated America’s churches?
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 in a battle for the future of modern Evangelicalism. 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 patterns of cultural accommodation 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 work of compelling investigative journalism, this rigorously reported exposé, Shepherds for Sale is a warning of what happens when the church trusts the world’s wisdom instead of Scripture.
This urgent warning for American Christians details the coordinated campaign from within and without:

• Progressive Powerbrokers: The network of left-wing billionaires, foundations, and think tanks—from George Soros to the founder of eBay—deliberately targeting Christian institutions for their own political purposes.
• Compromised Leadership: The celebrity megachurch pastors and revered theologians who have secretly pushed progressive views on sexuality and backed rebellions against their own denominations in exchange for cash and prestige.
• The New Social Gospel: How issues like climate change, illegal immigration, and critical race theory are being smuggled into the church, distracting from core biblical doctrine.
• Naming Names: An unflinching exposé from Megan Basham of the Daily Wire that brings the receipts, showing who is taking the money and toeing the left-wing line.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Introduction: How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Christians?
• Chapter 1: Climate Change: Sneaking Past the Watchful Dragons
• Chapter 2: Illegal Immigration: Strangers, Neighbors, and Aliens
• Chapter 3: Hijacking the Pro-life Movement
• Chapter 4: Christian Media and the Money Men
• Chapter 5: Gracious Dialogue: How the Government Used Pastors to Spread Covid-19 Propaganda
• Chapter 6: Critical Race Prophets
• Chapter 7: #MeToo, #ChurchToo, and an Apocalypse
• Chapter 8: None Dare Call It Sin: LGBTQ in the Church
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author
• Also by Megan Basham
• Copyright
• About the Publisher