110. The Mega Church to MAGA Pipeline

The Tim & April Show

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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In today's episode, our hosts Tim Whitaker and April Ajoy look back on CN clips from mega pastors: Driscoll, Howerton, Schott, Laurie etc ... I think we do ballroom but also Greg Laurie to talk about the connection between maga and coverup culture. ____________________________________________________ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to support our work, you can DONATE here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Subscribe On YouTube @thenewevangelicals The New Evangelicals exists to support those who are tired of how evangelical church has been done before and want to see an authentic faith lived out with Jesus at the center. This show is produced by Josh Gilbert Media | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joshgilbertmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We are committed to building a caring community that emulates the ways of Jesus by reclaiming the evangelical tradition and embracing values that build a better way forward. If you’ve been marginalized by your faith, you are welcome here. We’ve built an empathetic and inclusive space that encourages authentic conversations, connections and faith. Whether you consider yourself a Christian, an exvangelical, someone who's questioning your faith, or someone who's left the faith entirely, you are welcome here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a new evangelicals production.
0:13.1	The Tim and April show, where we unravel faith, politics, and culture.
0:22.4	Hi, everybody.
0:24.5	I thought you were doing the intro.
0:28.9	Hello.
0:31.1	Welcome.
0:32.2	Welcome to the Tim and April show.
0:34.5	I am April a joy.
0:36.3	I'm Tim Whitaker.
0:39.3	It's been over a year, April. We still don't know who's doing what on this show. We've been doing better though. I feel like we haven't had as
0:43.2	many flubs. As our chemistry gets better and better on the air, I think we could just kind of read
0:49.1	each other's minds, you know, except for that one. We all like mistakes. And chap lips and things
0:53.3	like chemistry. Oh, what a throwback. That's a great album for those who know. It is a great album. The legendary band known as Relyan K. That is a banger of an album. So anyway, friends, welcome me to the channel. I am Tim Whitaker. That is April Ojoy.
1:11.0	We are live on YouTube and live on Substack. If you're watching on YouTube, please give this video a like and subscribe to the channel. If you're watching on Substack, hit that heart button. Consider re-stacking this live. Helps get this out to more and more people. Good to see everyone in the chat. today's show will be a little bit
1:27.0	maybe different is a good way of putting it.
1:30.5	I don't know.
1:32.0	Yeah, we're not going to be focusing as much on current news, but kind of try to do more of an explainer of how so many evangelicals easily become MAGA.
1:46.0	Like why that jump from being a part of specifically MAGA church culture, not
1:51.2	Maga church, mega church, mega church pastors.
1:54.0	Same thing, same thing.
1:55.0	And how so many of them have become MAGA and are MAGA and the similarities between
2:00.3	those two ideologies and why there's so much overlap.
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