Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It
Jesus warned of wolves carefully disguised as shepherds who would come into the local church as pastors. It is the perfect disguise from which to devour the flock one lamb at a time. The authors were the first to study this phenomenon in North America and discover how serious the problem is. What they uncovered is shocking. The enemy has infiltrated the North American church. In this study of a large Canadian denomination, just under one in three pastors met the diagnostic criteria of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). This is one of the most destructive and least treatable of all mental disorders, but is often well hidden behind layers of "sacred" deception. Some are charismatic while others are quiet and even awkward, but they share the same needs for power, control, praise, and public recognition.  They are also rigid, unbending, never wrong, demanding, and full of hidden rage, leaving the people working for them in demoralized fear. They see you as inferior and God as a rival, while the worst see themselves as God. If they see you as a threat, they will do everything possible to destroy you spiritually and emotionally. Is your pastor one of them?
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Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It
Jesus warned of wolves carefully disguised as shepherds who would come into the local church as pastors. It is the perfect disguise from which to devour the flock one lamb at a time. The authors were the first to study this phenomenon in North America and discover how serious the problem is. What they uncovered is shocking. The enemy has infiltrated the North American church. In this study of a large Canadian denomination, just under one in three pastors met the diagnostic criteria of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). This is one of the most destructive and least treatable of all mental disorders, but is often well hidden behind layers of "sacred" deception. Some are charismatic while others are quiet and even awkward, but they share the same needs for power, control, praise, and public recognition.  They are also rigid, unbending, never wrong, demanding, and full of hidden rage, leaving the people working for them in demoralized fear. They see you as inferior and God as a rival, while the worst see themselves as God. If they see you as a threat, they will do everything possible to destroy you spiritually and emotionally. Is your pastor one of them?
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Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It

Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It

Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It

Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It

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Jesus warned of wolves carefully disguised as shepherds who would come into the local church as pastors. It is the perfect disguise from which to devour the flock one lamb at a time. The authors were the first to study this phenomenon in North America and discover how serious the problem is. What they uncovered is shocking. The enemy has infiltrated the North American church. In this study of a large Canadian denomination, just under one in three pastors met the diagnostic criteria of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). This is one of the most destructive and least treatable of all mental disorders, but is often well hidden behind layers of "sacred" deception. Some are charismatic while others are quiet and even awkward, but they share the same needs for power, control, praise, and public recognition.  They are also rigid, unbending, never wrong, demanding, and full of hidden rage, leaving the people working for them in demoralized fear. They see you as inferior and God as a rival, while the worst see themselves as God. If they see you as a threat, they will do everything possible to destroy you spiritually and emotionally. Is your pastor one of them?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498298445
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 06/15/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 248,197
File size: 666 KB

About the Author

Darrell Puls is a professional conflict interventionist with forty years of experience, and founder of Peacebridge Ministries, a Christian nonprofit that works directly with faith communities experiencing internal conflict. He is the author of The Road Home: A Guided Journey to Church Forgiveness and Reconciliation (2013).   R. Glenn Ball is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in Canada, where he has served for more than thirty years in parish ministry and as a specialist working with distressed churches.

Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

Foreword Steven J. Sandage ix

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction xv

1 Into Darkness 1

2 What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder? 18

3 The Work and Habits of the Narcissist Pastor 56

4 Stories 77

5 The Narcissist as Leader 97

6 There Be Dragons Here -The Study 107

7 The Spiritual Life of the Narcissist Pastor 124

8 The Narcissistic Church 131

9 Healing the People 152

10 Healing the Church 167

11 Prevention 174

12 Now What? 191

Bibliography 195

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