A new survey finds almost half of evangelical leaders have been disinvited, blacklisted, or excluded as a way of expressing disapproval of the Christian leaders or their point of view.
According to the latest Evangelical Leaders Survey by the Board of Directors of the National Association of Evangelicals, 48 percent of these leaders have felt like they have been “canceled.”
In August, Texas Pastor Ed Young said he was canceled by Meta, the media arm of Facebook and Instagram, after a paid advertisement for their sermon series “Woke or Awake” was removed from Facebook.
Young said, “Our friends at Facebook just canceled me. Our incredible media team put together these ads…. And, for some reason, Mark Zuckerberg and his friends didn’t dig them.”
Meanwhile, Phil Robertson told CBN’s Faithwire that his show, Duck Dynasty, was put on hiatus by A&E after he was asked his opinion on homosexuality in an interview with G.Q. magazine.
He told CBN, “It cost us about 10 million [dollars], sponsors were bailing out.”
Robertson said he never contacted A&E to apologize or defend his position adding, “I am to love God with all my heart, soul, strength and love my neighbor.”
Last year, worship leader Sean Feucht (foyt) said he was a victim of cancel culture after his digital distributor blocked and banned his new album.
He told CBN News, then, that cancel culture was “coming for the church…. adding, “We have to stand up and raise our voices…we cannot be silenced by the mob.”