328: Michigan Pastor's Disturbing Comments Regarding Man in Prison for CSAM

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this video, I dive into the recent controversy surrounding Pastor Daniel White of Fellowship Baptist Church in Michigan. During a Sunday night prayer meeting, Pastor White made a cryptic statement revealing that two members of his congregation had been sent to prison. However, his vague remarks left the church with more questions than answers.

After posting a clip of this moment on social media, the backlash from the church community was swift. Many were outraged by the lack of transparency from Pastor White and demanded further clarification. Despite promising more details during a Wednesday prayer meeting, he once again evaded critical questions, leaving his congregation in the dark.

This exposé uncovers the textbook poor response of church leaders to cases of abuse within their community, as exemplified by Pastor White's handling of this situation. Through research into the charges brought against the convicted men and analysis of the church’s own YouTube content, this episode showcases the failure of leadership to provide clarity and accountability.

Watch the full video for an in-depth look at how Fellowship Baptist Church's leadership is failing its congregation.

Services Mentioned:

Full Sunday, Sept 22 Service: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=haWv0K_3TBA

Full Wednesday, Sept 25 Service: https://www.youtube.com/live/nf11N9ufamA?si=UTjrP9l2IfY8vYVC

Reports Mentioned:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/former-mdoc-officer-sentenced-16-years-sexual-exploitation-children

You can find Josh's information by visiting – https://mijackson.org/1278/Case-Information – Case ID: 2024-0000004419-FC

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental,
0:06.9	physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.
0:12.1	Not all legal outcomes are known or final.
0:15.1	Any suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.
0:19.7	Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.
0:23.9	Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preach Boys podcast. A couple of days ago, a sermon from a pastor
0:30.7	Daniel White at Fellowship Baptist Church in Michigan caught my attention because in the prayer
0:37.4	meeting for the church, he talked about
0:39.1	two young men who had been incarcerated recently within their congregation. And while addressing
0:44.6	it, he left out some facts that I thought were pretty pertinent and that in the sake of transparency,
0:50.7	the congregation should have been made aware of. We have a couple men in our church.
0:55.5	Aaron Fetters is now in prison.
0:58.2	Been there for some time now.
1:00.2	And it breaks my heart.
1:03.8	I'm going to tell you something.
1:04.7	I'm going to stand behind this pulpit and pull the covers off of the sins committed by Aaron.
1:10.4	Since Pastor White is unwilling to uncover the crimes that Aaron committed, I'm going to go
1:16.7	ahead and share those with you.
1:17.9	What I'm about to read comes from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan.
1:22.3	It says, quote, a Jackson County man who had previously worked as a Michigan Department of
1:27.1	Corrections officer
1:28.0	was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children and distributing
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