Guilted Into Giving: When Pastors Weaponize The Bible to Get More Money From Their Congregation
About this episode
This episode discusses financial exploitation in churches, focusing on how pastors manipulate congregants into giving money through guilt and fear tactics.
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Host: Eric Skwarczynski
Topics covered
- financial exploitation
- church abuse
- tithing manipulation
- COVID-19
- prosperity gospel
- guilt-tripping
- sermon analysis
Keywords
- financial exploitation
- tithing
- church abuse
- manipulation
- COVID-19
- prosperity gospel
- guilt-tripping
- sermon clips
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