Tactics of Manipulative Church Members, Part 1

Grievance Farming (Or, why silence isn’t always innocent)

I’ve written a fair bit about manipulative ministries, especially senior leaders who run them. And I did two podcast episodes on it for Cultish here and here.

Anyhow, it’s common for someone to grow more manipulative as they climb the ranks of leadership. They simply don’t have the character to carry the weight of their influence, and the higher they ri…