Megan Basham

Megan Basham is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, a culture reporter for The Daily Wire and a frequent contributor to Morning Wire. In her previous role as an entertainment editor and podcast co-host for World Magazine, she interviewed numerous A-list celebrities. She has also written for The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Townhall. Her book, Beside Every Successful Man, was published by Random House. Her newest book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda, releases in July 2024.

2024 Speaker Topic

Infiltration and Astroturf: How the Left is Attempting to Transform the Church

In this presentation, Megan will offer some hard examples of how secular-left organizations have funneled money to evangelical front groups headed by marquee ministry names, who in turn use their positions to lobby evangelicals to back things like open borders policies, fossil fuel regulations, and LGBTQ compromise. We have seen this kind of infiltration before into mainline churches in the 1940s, not unlike activities that Francis Schaeffer warned of in the 1980s. Megan will conclude with a call to follow in the footsteps of Machen and other reformers and oppose the liberalization project.