By Mallory Mattingly
Author, speaker and public figure Allie Beth Stuckey joined former country star Granger Smith’s podcast to discuss how she got involved in her current church and what she looks for in a healthy church.
“I had been somewhat raised with a little bit of a prosperity tinge, I would say, to some of my theology. Or at least there was an acceptance of the Joel Osteen theology a bit,” Stuckey told Smith. “When I dug into biblical theology and expository preaching, it was like a whole new intellectual world for me. When my husband and I got married, we kind of shared that love, shared that passion, and we knew that we wanted expository preaching when we selected a church.”
Both Stuckey and her husband are Southern Baptists, and when they started looking for a church, they sought “that teaches exegetically, that sticks to the Word and that isn’t going to compromise when everyone else is compromising.”
When COVID shut the world down in 2020, Stuckey’s church remained open and “stood firm” in its beliefs.
Her church’s easy access to small groups also interested the “Relatable” podcast host. She recalled that at another church she visited, she couldn’t join a small group because they would only let people join every six months and “only if there was an opening.”
“The church we’re in now made it so easy to get plugged in — to go to a Sunday school class and find those people and those opportunities to serve. Those were two of the key things we were looking for,” Stuckey said.
“I want to clarify that I’m not against big churches. A church just needs to have enough shepherds for the flock,” she added.
In 2024, Stuckey released her book, Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion.
In it, “Stuckey argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving. She explores the five most heated issues through which toxic empathy is deployed: abortion, gender, sexuality, immigration, and social justice,” a synopsis reads.
Allie Beth Stuckey also uses her platform and social media accounts to tell people about Jesus.
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In one post, Stuckey shared an image that said, “Christ is king. One day, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess this truth. Between now and then, make sure that you truly know Jesus the Savior, not just Jesus the slogan.”
She’s also prepping to host her second Share the Arrows event, which will equip “Christian women with clarity and courage.” Stuckey will be in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 11. Tickets can be found on the event’s website.
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