"All Hail the King" – An Insider's Look at West Coast Baptist College

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

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

4.6 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Steven Thiel was recruited into an IFB youth group when he was almost 15, and was groomed to be a “preacher boy," preaching every chance he got in homeless shelters, detention centers and services. He surrendered to the “call” on his life and committed to full-time ministry. He attended West Coast Baptist College and then served 8.5 years in two different IFB churches.

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0:00.0	The testimonies shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective of the
0:04.3	survivors. Not all legal outcomes are known or final. A wish from the pastor is a royal command.
0:10.9	It's basically something that you hear over, or I heard personally, and whoever was there with me,
0:16.7	heard over and over and over and over again, which just was to ingrain the philosophy that
0:22.4	the pastor is the boss, period. There's one guy, and whatever he says goes, and whatever he
0:32.5	thinks may happen. Hi, everybody. My name is Eric Skorsensky, and I am the host of the Preacher Boys podcast. Welcome to
0:40.5	episode number two. I want to start off by thanking you for your support of the initial episode
0:46.2	of this series and for your support of the Preacher Boys documentary project. I couldn't do any of this
0:52.7	without your support, and it really means a world to me.
0:55.7	I've received so many encouraging messages, calls, texts, and I can't thank all of you enough.
1:02.2	Today's episode is with Stephen Thiel. Stephen was recruited into an IFB youth group when he was
1:08.4	almost 15 and was groomed to be a quote preacher boy preaching
1:12.8	every chance he got in homeless shelters detention centers and services he surrendered to a call of
1:18.2	ministry on his life and committed full time he attended west coast baptist college a ministry of
1:23.1	lancaster baptist church in lancaster california and then served 8.5 years in two different
1:29.6	independent fundamental Baptist churches. Stephen has since left the movement. So we talk
1:33.9	quite a bit about the independent Baptist movement. We dig deep into the power structure
1:40.0	that's found within Lancaster Baptist Church and West Coast Baptist College.
1:44.5	And how his experience, both in ministry and attending the college,
1:48.8	impacted his view of the movement and what he thinks we can learn from his experience.
1:54.3	So I'm going to go ahead and jump right into that interview.
1:57.2	I think it's a really good one.
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