On Saturday, anti-gay extremists Tony Perkins and Rick Scarborough hosted a “Free to Believe Broadcast” that included appearances from Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio and Rick Santorum.

Scarborough joined Perkins the night before the event on Perkins’ radio show, where he declared that conservative Christians must form an “army of faith that will stand up to tyranny” and take back ground from Satan.

After alleging that anti-Christian persecution is on the rise in America, Scarborough said that “we’re living in the age where the church is fair game, Satan is — the comedians, the media and others take no thought about defaming preachers and defaming the church.”

“Satan, like a roaring lion, is coming after the church,” he said.

While Scarborough didn’t mention who in the media is at fault, he has previously criticized the influence of Bill Maher, Rachel Maddow, Lady Gaga, Jerry Seinfeld and even cartoon characters such as Bart Simpson.