An Example of Gaslighting in the Church

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

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

4.6 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Many of the clips posted to the Twitter account, IFB Sermon Clips, point to absurdity or silliness in the pulpit.

But some, like the clip you're about to watch, shed light on things that are more sinister, and frankly, sad.

This 2-minute clip from a "staff Q&A" at North Platte Baptist Church reveals the type of mental and emotional manipulation and pure gaslighting that congregants, staff members, and even family members can experience at the hands of a toxic leader.

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0:00.0	Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations.
0:06.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:08.6	Because there's a lot of power in being a help to your pastor, to your preacher, to your boss.
0:17.9	There's a lot of power you have to control them without controlling them.
0:21.6	If you can get to know your leadership that well to see all of their faults,
0:24.6	and if you're that spiritual to be able to look at them and know that they're wrong,
0:28.6	then you should be able to be that spiritual to help them be right.
0:32.6	The thing is, we're not that spiritual.
0:35.6	The thing is, it's a whole lot easier to see what's wrong with people than to see what's wrong
0:39.0	with yourself.
0:39.9	You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental,
0:45.8	physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.
0:51.2	The testimonies shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective
0:55.9	of the survivors. Not all legal outcomes are known or final. Any suspect is presumed innocent until
1:02.9	proven guilty in the court of law. Define more information about the Preacher Boys podcast
1:08.5	and upcoming documentary. Visit preacherboys dock.com or connect on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with a handle at Preacher Boys
1:18.6	Doc. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.
1:24.0	Hey, everybody. My name is Eric Skorsensky. I'm the host of the Preacher Boys podcast, and I want to wish you all a very happy holiday season. I am so thankful for all of you who have hung out with me for this past year of the Preacher Boys podcast, and I look forward to spending the new year with you as well. On today's episode, I wanted to share my conversation with Michael McNeely.
1:47.1	He's one of the admins over in our Facebook group, the Preacher Boys official discussion
1:51.8	group, and he's just become a very good friend. He's been on a couple episodes of the show with me.
1:56.6	And so I wanted to share the conversation we had for our first ever preacher boys live episode.
2:03.2	So I had people live commenting with their questions.
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