Allie Beth Stuckey is a conservative Christian commentator who hosts the podcast Relatable, where she “analyzes news, culture, theology, and politics from a Christian, conservative perspective.”
She is the author of two books: You’re Not Enough (& That’s Okay) and Toxic Empathy, and she speaks regularly to “organizations, churches, and students about the importance of Christian political engagement, defending the Biblical worldview, championing the pro-life cause, and combating the lies of progressivism.”
Several years ago, she founded the ‘Share the Arrows‘ conference, which is an “unforgettable” one-day event of “teaching and encouragement from some of the wisest Christian voices.”
Here, attendees are allowed to “fellowship with like-minded women who are ready to Share the Arrows with you, armed with truth and courage in an age of deception and cowardice.”
She previously explained the idea of Sharing the Arrows:
It’s a phrase we use to describe what it looks like to stand up for and with those getting lambasted for their Christian/conservative views. When we see someone being unfairly maligned, instead of shrinking back and saying, “glad that’s not me!” we raise our hand and say, “What she said – I believe it too. And any hate you’re going to hurl her way, I’ll take it with her.” That kind of courage and kindness is contagious. It empowers and emboldens.
This year’s conference is taking place on October 10 in Dallas, Texas, and speakers will include Allie Beth Stuckey, Rosaria Butterfield, Alisa Childers, Costi Hinn, Natasha Crain, Audrey Broggie, and Graceanna Castleberry, with music by Shane and Shane.
Presently, the cheapest ticket for the event is $178.92, with the priciest ones going for $406.83 and the silver VIP seats near the stage reaching $577.78.
However, it’s the Gold and Platinum VIP add-ons that are raising eyebrows, at a whopping $740.74 for gold VIP and an eye-watering $5,128.21 for the platinum, not including ticket price.
To put that into perspective, two VIP tickets with near front row seats would cost $11,411.98.
With these prices, Stuckey appears to have the most expensive VIP packages of any Christian conference or event we’ve heard of, including the time Benny Hinn charged $5000 to attend his 70th birthday celebration.
We previously covered occasions when Christian conferences offered VIP packages, such as Ruslan’s $75 meet-and-greet option and a $499.99 VIP package for his Bless God conference. When pressed on the issue, he stated that these VIP packages help offset costs, cover the cost of free tickets and scholarships for those who can’t afford them otherwise, and provide a more polished experience, saying:
We did our very best to offer almost everyone who applied for a free ticket, a free ticket. Now what does that mean? That means all those people who are going to be there, in the space, need to be there. We want them there. We want young adults there. We want people there with young families that can’t afford a $300 conference ticket. That’s what we want.
Yet that has to be offset with the expenses. Those folks are going to be offset by the people who are willing to pay a premium to offset some of those expenses, so that’s what the VIP is for. They got a special lounge, they got some other stuff. and so most of these events run and are profitable because of the premium prices.
