Andrew Shultz says Orthodoxy is the One True Church
In a recent interview with noted Biblical Scholar Wesley Huf, Andrew Shultz pressed him on the claims of the Orthodox Church.
May 13, 2025—Andrew Shultz is a popular comedian and host of the Flagrant podcast. What he's not known for is his defense of the Christian faith. But after a recent trip to Turkey, Shultz is convinced that the Orthodox Church has remained faithful to what Wes Huf calls the primitive church.
During a recent appearance on Shultz's podcast, Huf initiated a discussion on the division between East and West. At around the seventy-seven minute mark, Shultz ask's Wes: "which Church do you believe is closer to the earliest forms of Christianity?"
As Wes begins to lay out a long, typically Protestant argument of the early Church, Shultz cuts him off and says, "if you had to make the argument for the Orthodox Church being the closest church to the original, if you had to do it to save humanity, how would you do it?"
Shultz's co-hosts laughed, knowing that he has been seemingly obsessed with Orthodoxy since his recent trip to Turkey.
Wes pivots to Martin Luther and Sola Scriptura, leading the conversation to the medieval Catholic practice of indulgences, which leads Shultz to ask, "was that ever done in the Orthodox Church?" Reluctantly, Wes relents that the Orthodox Church did not engage in indulgences.
With his typical sarcasm and wit, Shultz responds "they never did anything like that? Wow, that's fascinating! You know, I feel like you should look more into that (Orthodox) Church because it feels like it's the One True Church."
As the conversation continues, Wes continues to push him saying "we're gonna get you over to the One True Church," and similar comments.
A popular clip of the interview has been picked up by several Orthodox personalities online. One such clip, put out by an Instagram account called Christ_in_the_Culture, was shared and commented on by Fr. Moses McPherson, a ROCOR priests in Austin, TX.
"When some random comedian understands Church history better than the biblical scholar, you know Protestantism is cooked."
Andrew Shultz is the latest addition to a growing cadre of celebrities and social media personalities finding the truth of Christ in His Holy Orthodox Church. As Orthodox Christianity continues to spread in the United States, such conversions are likely to exponentially increase the exposure of the American public to the faith, creating a positive feedback loop.
But as our parishes grow, new temples are built, new missions established, the shadow cast by the looming clergy crisis grows with it. How the Church will respond to the rapidly increasing need for clergy is a question which remains to be seen.
