Lead Pastor Scott Distler Toxic Relationships & Gaslighting in Ministry

It’s one thing to be a pastor. It’s a whole ‘nother level when you are faced with a Nehemiah situation of toxicity, gaslighting, and jealousy in the church. A lot of times, we think that the situation happened to us out of the blue. However, as the old saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. We saw signs leading up to this big blowup coming all along. We just didn’t really didn’t stop to think about it, or see if any course of action could have been taken in order to prevent it. And sometimes, there really isn’t anything we could have done. Why? We cannot control other people. It’s just that simple. It’s impossible to love and control a person at the same time. Love is not love without there being complete freedom involved. Rest assured:  there is hope, love, light, and freedom that’s waiting for you on the other side of the cave.