These headlines from The Babylon Bee are satirical, but they and ones like them carry enough humor and truth about today’s evangelical church to turn the Bee into a popular destination. The satire site has quickly become The Onion for Christians.
Adam Ford—a former atheist, once an aspiring pastor, and now a father of three boys—launched The Babylon Bee in March, and already it has 145,000 fans on Facebook and 34,500 Twitter followers. After six months in existence, the website receives between 1 million and 2 million unique visitors every month. He won that large following on the strength of the content; Ford, 33, has no company or venture capital investors promoting or backing the site.
“It seems to have filled a void in the Christian internet,” Ford said.
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