A pastor learned and heard about his leadership failures in a hysterical skit. One pastor goes undercover, disguised as an employee in his churchs childrens department, and gets a hilariously honest assessment of his flaws and failures. Watch the short but uproarious clip to see how the pastor reacts when his leadership style and preaching are harshly criticized.
Many people say they want to hear criticism and learn about areas and places where they can improve, but is that really the case? Another popular saying is that were our own worst critics, but Im not entirely sure thats true either. Both of those statements and ideas sound great, that is, until people are completely, 100 percent honest. At that point, were more likely to react defensively and make excuses for ourselves.
In a clip posted on YouTube, comedian John Crist plays a church pastor who goes undercover as an employee with his churchs childrens department. He likely thought hed hear how great things were and how good of a pastor he is, but that is not what happened. Instead, the pastor receives an honest and hilariously brutal assessment.
The pastor, disguised as a new employee, meets with the church childrens ministry director, who begins their meeting with a blunt comment about the pastors perceived lack of concern and care about her department.
Im pretty shocked that they hired anyone for the childrens ministry because our pastor literally hates children, she said.
She then explains the check-in system and how its rather impersonal.
So, every kid gets a number-letter code whenever they arrive, and the Bible says that every kid is precious in the eyes of the Lord, she said. But here, its a herd of cattle. A child really feels special when hes number 46Z79-Alpha2.
Later in the clip, the pastors lack of parenting ability is criticized.
No lie, the worst kids in the entire childrens ministry, and everybody knows this: the pastors kids, she says.
But that wasnt all she said about the pastors children.
Trust me, these kids are actual demons, the woman said. They literally never listen to anybody, and last week, I caught the pastors son throwing rocks at another kid. Said he was reenacting the stoning of Stephen.
However, she does not stop there. She mentions how the pastor going over the expected time on Sundays makes her job infinitely more difficult, and how she has not listened to any of his sermons in years.
What a hilarious skit that proves we probably dont want people to be entirely blunt and honest with us when it comes to some areas.
Job 8:21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.