Allie Beth Stuckey, a Plano native who The Atlantic recently called the “new Phyllis Schlafly,” is hosting her first in-person event in Plano this weekend.
Stuckey hosts a popular podcast called “Relatable,” which recently recorded its 1,000th episode. She has over a million combined followers on her YouTube and Instagram accounts.
Her event, “Share the Arrows,” will be held at Prestonwood Baptist Church, and includes a day of speakers and worship on Saturday.
Stuckey has worked at conservative media outlets including Conservative Review TV and TheBlaze, which went on to merge and distribute her podcast under BlazeTV.
Saturday’s schedule includes talks from author Rosaria Butterfield, actress Candace Cameron Bure and blogger Abbie Halberstadt and worship from Christian singer-songwriter Francesca Battistelli.
Stuckey chose Prestonwood as the venue for her first event because she grew up attending the church and still knows many people on the church staff, she said in an interview.
About 4,000 women are already registered to attend, according to Stuckey.
Stuckey said the title of the event is an encouragement to attendees to stand up and support others who are receiving pushback for their conservative Christian beliefs.
“That person who is getting lambasted, who is receiving repercussions for standing up for a biblical value, an unpopular stance — I’m going to stand with her, and I’m going to say whatever arrows you throw toward her, you can send my way, too,” Stuckey said.
Her talk Saturday will focus on courage. “I want women to feel emboldened to be able to stand for what they know is true,” she said.
Stuckey is also releasing her second book on Oct. 15. The book is titled Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion. The focus of her book was motivated by feedback she got for her opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, she said.
“A lot of the arguments that I was getting when I would bring up data or statistics about police interactions or whatever it was – the chiding was ‘You should just have more empathy,’” she said.
“We actually don’t have the capacity to feel equal amounts of empathy for everyone,” she said.
“When we’re talking about an issue like abortion, there are at least two people involved, potentially two lives on the line,” she said. “When we’re talking about gender – sure, you’re talking about someone who wants to identify as the opposite sex, but you’re also talking about girls and women who should have a right to privacy and to play on sex-exclusive sports teams.”
“If we’re led by empathy, we’re going to be really confused and really conflicted all the time,” Stuckey said.
“Share the Arrows” takes place Sept. 28, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., at Prestonwood Baptist Church, 6801 W Park Blvd., Plano. More information at https://tickets.blazemediaevents.com/.
Adrian Ashford covers faith and religion in North Texas for The Dallas Morning News through a partnership with Report for America.