Conservative commentator Steve Deace delivered a fiery rebuke to America’s churches following a recent protest inside a Minnesota church, warning that institutional cowardice and theological compromise are leading congregations toward inevitable collapse.
Speaking on The Steve Deace Show, Deace reacted to footage and reports of left-wing activists disrupting a church service in Minnesota to promote sexual ideology fundamentally at odds with Christian teaching, as reported by The Blaze. The incident, which occurred during a worship gathering, featured protesters openly challenging biblical teaching on sexuality and demanding affirmation from church leadership.
Rather than focusing solely on the activists, Deace placed responsibility squarely on church leaders who, he argued, have spent decades surrendering moral authority in the name of cultural relevance and false “love.” According to Deace, these disruptions are not isolated events but the predictable result of churches refusing to uphold biblical truth in the public square.
“The church has been signaling for years that it does not actually believe what it claims to believe,” Deace said, warning that such ambiguity invites hostility rather than peace.
Deace outlined what he described as a necessary four-step plan churches must adopt immediately if they hope to survive. While the specifics were blunt, the central message was unmistakable: churches must reclaim spiritual authority, enforce church discipline, reject ideological infiltration, and clearly articulate biblical truth without apology.
He emphasized that Christianity is not merely a therapeutic community or a political pressure group, but the gathered body of believers under the lordship of Jesus Christ. When churches abandon that identity, Deace warned, they should not be surprised when the world treats them with contempt rather than respect.
From a biblical perspective, Scripture repeatedly warns that friendship with the world leads to enmity with God. Deace echoed this theme, arguing that many churches have attempted to appease cultural revolutionaries by softening or obscuring clear biblical teaching on marriage, sexuality, and repentance—only to discover that compromise never satisfies those who reject God’s authority altogether.
The Minnesota protest, Deace argued, was not about peaceful disagreement but about domination. “This is not about dialogue,” he said. “This is about conquest.”
Deace concluded by urging pastors and congregations to decide whom they ultimately fear: God or man. Churches unwilling to endure social pressure, legal threats, or public backlash for the sake of truth, he warned, will continue to hemorrhage credibility, attendance, and spiritual vitality.
The choice before the American church, Deace insisted, is not between comfort and conflict, but between faithfulness and extinction.
