Posted on 08/20/2021 10:23:55 AM PDT by gattaca
Glenn Beck's audience has raised $22 million — and counting — in two days to benefit the Beck-founded Nazarene Fund, which tirelessly works to rescue Christians and other religious minorities from persecution and slavery in the Middle East and across the globe.
Blaze Media previously reported that the Nazarene Fund is gearing up to extract approximately 5,000 people — mainly women and children — from Afghanistan as the newly Taliban-controlled country descends into violence and chaos.
During Beck's Wednesday morning radio show, the conservative firebrand and humanitarian urged his listeners to "give until it hurts" — and his loyal audience delivered beyond belief: Beck's audience donated even more than the $20 million goal by early Friday morning.
On Wednesday, Beck pleaded, "Every single penny that you can come up with will go to flying those planes and getting those people out. We need, obviously, an enormous amount of money. These are people that are marked for death for what they believe in. This is why we started the Nazarene Fund. Don't wait around for anyone else to do it. Don't wait around. Please, go to theNazareneFund.org and donate. ... We need your help as soon as possible. I ask that you would give until it hurts today, because these people are entirely alone. And they will be crucified, if you are marked as a Christian, with the Taliban. You know what will happen to them. We can get them out. Be an Oskar Schindler today. Go to theNazareneFund.org."
In the first day, the fund raked in nearly $10 million, prompting an emotional Beck to shower his listeners with gratitude.
"I asked you yesterday if you would give until it hurts. And this is the most remarkable audience I think ever assembled," an overwhelmed Beck announced Thursday. "In a 24-hour period ... this audience gave $9,334,652.24. We are halfway there in one day. It is truly a miracle that you, this one audience, gave nearly $10 million yesterday. I have always said that this audience is going to be the one that saves the country. You might be the one that saves the world."
He continued, "I asked you to help me raise $20 million by Friday so I could secure the aircraft, and the helicopters, and the teams to be able to get 5,000 Christians that are marked for death [out of Afghanistan]. And yesterday, there was a notice from the Taliban that any of these [Christian] people will be burned alive. In less than 24 hours, you gave $9,334,652.24. This is the framework of hope. You are not alone! It is not just you. I've never seen anything like this before. I don't think any one audience has ever done that!"
"I have until tomorrow to raise the second half," the longtime broadcaster added. "You've given so much. The Nazarene Fund has put boots on the ground to do what needs to be done, to save the thousands of Christians who are in grave danger. We have the helicopters and the planes standing by. This is a logistical nightmare ... but they are marked for death. So as long as we have the money, as long as our Marines can hold the airports, and as long as there is a Christian left in hiding, we will do what we need to do. But we need God's help. We need Divine Providence like we've never needed it before. Time is running out. People are clinging to the hope that someone will remember them and arise and save them from the blackness that is the Taliban."
By the end of Beck's Thursday radio program, the ever-growing total reached $13 million, and by Friday morning, the donations exceeded $20 million.
On Friday, Beck tweeted, "I'm BLOWN AWAY by what this audience has done to help rescue persecuted Christians in Afghanistan! OVER $20 MILLION raised in less than 3 days! THANK YOU!"
Say what you will about Glen Beck, but this is impressive.
Yea but who gets the $$$?
US military is running the evacuation and is already funded.
Bribing the Taliban? Bad idea unless you want to be dead.
This is one of the strongest signals sent to democrats ... one has to believe democrats are wishing for gold bricks
Not what I heard. I heard the victims of the abandonment have to pay 2000 a person to get out.
I didn’t know he still had an audience...
He also said on his radio show that the $$$ would be used to evacuate other “religious minorities including muslims”. Sorry, not with my money.....islam is and has been and always will be the problem in Afghanistan and anywhere else it is present.
Glenn needs to expand on this statement......
He’s a Mormon.
This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of listening to the testimonies of 3 Muslim converts to Christianity. It was the kindness and love shown to them from Christians that brought them to Christ. One of the above speakers was a former terrorist sent here on a mission to kill.
Can anyone just fly into Afghanistan now? Might be an Intl airport in Kabul but it’s a little unstable there right now.
What is said is that if you approach the embassy for a C-17 seat, they have paperwork for you to fill out...saying you will pay $2k for that exit. Also, that only gets you to the drop-off point. From there, you buy a return ticket out of your own pocket. So you can figure all of this adds up to $4k per person..
I wish Trump was doing something (And I bet he is, just not publicly)
******$$$ would be used to evacuate other “religious minorities including muslims”.********
That I did not know and thanks for posting——Get all the Christians out FIRST before others—period! Then once Christians are out I see nothing wrong with getting women and children as well.....but Christians first!
I like Glen and his sidekick Stu. Listen to him in the AM. His impersonation of Cuomo as a mafia boss is hilarious.
His heart has always been, mostly, in the right place. This is fantastic, doing the work that the #JihadJunta FAILED to do...
That is utterly disgusting.
Biden is literally TRYING to become the worst President in American history ... or the future, too!
Not a fan, but good on Beck for taking action, not just flapping his lips. 👍
Biden is p.oed cause he doesn’t get a cut.
Same here.
Did you enjoy the Cheetos face bit?
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