Scot McKnight on Warning Signs of a Toxic Church Culture

What does healthy church leadership look like? Scot McKnight, author of A Church Called Tov said “Our goal was to present what the churches learned about mega-churches, and these mega-leaders from Willow Creek, Harvest Bible Chapel, and the Roman Catholic Church. We learned a lot about these situations, but we didn’t want to spend our time exposing them. I became convinced that it was about culture in churches.”

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[Thegreatestpath]

Accountability is much needed in church. Thank you for this video! It needs to be heard.

[Ngan.marianguyen]

it's toxic when u can't be urself. I constantly feel tense and judged when im at my church. like I can't be myself..

[SuperMichelleDJ]

I recently left a reasonably good church that had a lot of toxic groups within it, not wanting to follow decent leadership from the pastors and biblical understanding. The church is extremely popular so the leadership has a hard time keeping track of who's doing the right thing by everybody and themselves.

[jamessheffield]

When one has a problem in a church, all you can do is leave.

[stevehicks]

Good Word
Have been a member of alot of Churches and have seen alot of self promoting.

[christinekisuule]

One of the church members, a female of course, as she walked into the church, she did not greet us. Instead, she said, “There is not a presence of God amongst us.” So, she went downstairs until the pastor showed up. That’s really messed up!

[tiredtimmy]

Me and my wife are in an awkward situation. I was brought back from a life of backsliding by a good friend that's now a leader of the church we're going to. (before I was married). Now I feel that there's a feeling of finger pointing if we didn't attend church when we didn't feel like going.

We're aware that our spiritual lives needs food as well from other believers but we're uncomfortable about the fact that the church sermons they preach very often involves comparing themselves to other churches when other churches make bad doctrinal practices.

I feel that this whole situation is so tricky yet a blessing to navigate because it got me and my wife to really try to know God more and hopefully reveal truths for what steps we need to take instead of just staying on because of owing the church my growth in faith.

[shellcshells]

My church is full of cliques and plays favorites. I'm disabled and always left out of the woman functions.

[randalljohnson]

I found the church in general the Apostolic church in particular. To be extremely rigid, religious, unloving and unwelcoming! All of which created an extremely toxic environment! Resulting in many leaving the reformation!

[CJ-swlc]

Greeaat video - love it. Wisdom, kindness and truth!

[YippydaSnoop]

I used to kind of laugh when the church wanted to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving I would be the smart Alec and say why do we only feed them on Thanksgiving and no other day is that the day they're hungry because we are

[jimb.]

Any recommendations for a church that may be more toxic for men vs women? It’s a beautiful church when a woman goes through challenges but not so much for men. It’s a small church. A given Sunday there could be 40 attenders and of that 35 would be women. Pastor is also a woman. Feels like the women have something great but men don’t and if I encourage changes to the men’s group I get rebuffed. I do think it is telling that so many husbands choose not to attend.

[yvonnemaldonado]

Leadership at First Assembly of God in San Antonio are good at spinning stories. Even when there is evidence that leadership has done wrong, the story is spun to make the other person the complete guilty party. #firstassemblysanantonio #firstagsa

[geoffstokes]

It's called a spirit of witchcraft

[Maltesezx]

I believe the what the Bible teaches about toxic churches is worldly churches.

[geraldpolmateer]

Leaders should have a great fear of God and that they might fall. They need to have a team of people around them whom they know will tell them the truth.

[virginiaconley]

If a person gives away a gift you gave them to someone else right in front of you with no thought of your feelings, is that sign of narcissism?

[charlesreimler]

++ Mica Miller +A Protestant Pastor’s Wife Who Recently /Committed “Suicide”/ Unfortunate Victim Narcissist Clergy Abusive Husband.

[driver]

So, they're phonies. We had a preacher when i was a kid who used to say "would you like to go to church with a few of them, or to Hell with ALL of them?" He had a point.

[alastairhopkins]

The perfect church on Earth does not exist and you cannot make the perfect church. If you can prove me wrong and find this church DO NOT JOIN IT!!! If you do you will spoil it.