Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham honored for journalism exposing the left-ward drift of evangelical pastors, leaders, and the SBC
Megan Basham of the Daily Wire was presented with the 2024 Boniface Award from the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) last weekend for her “fearless and faithful journalism,” DailyWire.com reported.
Basham, a regular fixture on The Daily Wire’s “Morning Wire” podcast, was honored with the award just weeks before her new book Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda is released on July 30.
In Shepherds for Sale, Basham 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.
“Like St. Boniface, recipients chose to publicly speak or act on a matter that could cost them personally. To be nominated, the recipient will have, on one or more specific occasions, taken a stand for the Christian viewpoint, even in the face of negative public opinion. And, the recipient engaged in this action without bitterness and in a godly and grace-filled way,” according to the ACCS website.
“Basham has made a name for herself among Evangelicals for exposing the Left-ward drift among pastors and leaders in traditionally conservative Christian circles, such as the Southern Baptist Convention. From her reporting on Christianity Today’s staff donating extensively to Democrats to revealing how church leaders aligned themselves with Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID pandemic, conservative Christians have come to trust Basham’s straightforward writing,” DailyWire.com wrote in announcing the award.
Basham spoke at Crossroads, hosted by Founders Ministries and the Center for Baptist Leadership, on the topic “Is the SBC for Sale? How Progressive Money and Influence Is Subverting the SBC” held in conjunction with the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.