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?