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Four Predators Sitting in Your Church Right Now

The Dark Psychology of Unearned Power

Church is the easiest place on earth to get power you did not earn.

A lawyer has to pass the bar. A doctor has to be licensed. A teacher has to be certified. A therapist has to complete thousands of supervised hours before they are allowed to sit alone in a room with a vulnerable person.

A pastor in most independent churches has to do nothing except say God called me.

No degree required. No background check. No licensing board. No oversight committee. No credential of any kind. Just declare your faith, walk through the door, and you are handed a title, a…

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