Preacher Boys Podcast

On this special episode of the Preacher Boys Podcast, Eric Skwarczynski is joined by Mike Hutchinson (The True Presbyterian Podcast) to discuss the origins and theology of the IFB movement. Mike Hutchinson: https://thetruepresbyterian.transistor.fm/subscribe (https://thetruepresbyterian.transistor.fm/subscribe) https://www.facebook.com/thetruepresby/ (https://www.facebook.com/thetruepresby/) https...

Your host, Eric Skwarczynski, sits down with guest Michael McNeilly for a second time on the Preacher Boys Podcast. They discuss their takeaways from the ongoing riots happening across the United States, the refusal to have conversations about sexuality within the IFB, the subjection of women and how that plays into abuse, and so much more. Find more stories regarding the IFB movement by visiting:...

Eric Skwarczynski, the host of the Preacher Boys Podcast, answers various listener questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15NBXI88ui8&t=78s (01:18) – With talking to survivors, do you see any patterns in abuse, stories, or the overall culture in the IFB? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15NBXI88ui8&t=165s (02:45) – What are you doing now to protect yourself emotionally as you navigate a...

On this Episode of the Preacher Boys Podcast, your host, Eric Skwarczynski, sits down with Julia Gilbert. Julia opens up about her difficult childhood experiences, the difficulty of reporting actions that make you feel uncomfortable within IFB circles, her experience at West Coast Baptist College, and the division fundamentalism has caused within her own family. Find more stories regarding the IFB...

On today's episode of the Preacher Boys podcast, Eric Skwarczynski is joined by Carter. Carter spent over seven hundred days inside the New Beginnings Girls Academy – a reform school for "troubled girls." Hear about the treatment that Carter received at the school, the huge boundaries that the staff stepped over, and what life has been like since leaving. Find more stories regarding th...

On this episode of the Preacher Boys Podcast, Eric is joined by Rebekah Palmer. Rebekah shares about battling a severe and rare disability within a judgmental religious environment that treats physical or mental disabilities as fruit of a deeper spiritual issue. She also discusses the dark secret she was forced to keep from her early years of childhood, as well as how she has found healing, streng...

On today's episode, your host, Eric Skwarczynski, is joined by Dr. Kelli Palfy. Dr. Kelli Palfy began her professional career working in adult and youth corrections. Here she noticed a disproportionate number of males in the system. After becoming an RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officer, she took an interest in investigating sex crimes and went on to specialize in sex crimes committed...

On this episode, your host, Eric Skwarczynski, is joined by Claire Horner. Claire Horner is known in Atlanta as ATL Shrink and The Relationship Translator. Therapist and advocate for clients seeking relief from sexual assault and those pursuing healthy relationships. She is licensed as a Professional Counselor with a dual masters. There has been so much hurt and abuse within the Church, that she t...

On this episode, Eric sits down with Nicole Mitchell. This interview is a little unique due to the fact that Eric and Nicole attended the same church growing up and have many common experiences and connections. Nicole talks about the reasons she was kicked out of three different churches, her time at West Coast Baptist College, surviving an abusive marriage, and, ultimately, her journey toward hea...

Your host, Eric Skwarczynski, sits down with Michael McNeilly, whose parents were on staff at Fairhaven Baptist Church and the associated Christian school in Chesterton, IN. The harsh disciplinary measures used by the school, at one point, were covered on CNN – and many former students have come forward to speak out about the emotional manipulation and other harmful tactics used by the Fairhaven m...

Your host, Eric Skwarczynski, is the interviewee on this episode. He was asked by Stop Pastoral Abuse on Facebook to record a live broadcast and discuss the Preacher Boys podcast. This episode features a recording of that conversation. Find more about Stop Pastoral Abuse: Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/stoppingpastoralabuse (https://www.facebook.com/pg/stoppingpastoralabuse) Original Y...

Jen Lord found security, acceptance, and love within the IFB at a young age – but she realized quickly how conditional it could be. She eventually ended up at Commonwealth Baptist College in Kentucky, where she noticed even more of the confusing demands being placed on everyone, particularly on the women. She shares about how she learned to stop pursuing approval from others, the steps she's t...

Brianna Nellor joins Preacher Boys host, Eric Skwarczynski to discuss her youth experience and the time she spent at the New Beginnings Girls Academy. The victim of a troubled childhood, Brianna was constantly passed around from family member to family member, had run-ins with the law, and was eventually sent to the New Beginning's Girls Academy in Pace, FL. While being sent to the NBGA for th...

On this episode, your host, Eric Skwarczynski is joined by Jessi Beyer. Jessi Beyer is a speaker, author, and mental health advocate who’s on a mission to help those around her design lives they love waking up to.   Jessi believes that discussions are the missing ingredient in removing the stigma surrounding mental health. Because of this, she’s on a mission to help those around her feel valid, he...

Today's episode, Eric is joined by former IFB member, Rebecca Foltz. Rebecca shares about her experiences at churches at Northern California, Southern California, and Nevada, as well as at Golden State Baptist College in Santa Clara, CA. Rebecca was sexually assaulted three times in thirty years, with two actively covered up by Hopewell Baptist Church in Napa Valley, CA, and the other by a chu...

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Today's episode, Eric is joined by former IFB member, Joshua Ross. Joshua talks about when he first started noticing strange things within the movement. He gets transparent about his experiences up through his one year attendance at Golden State Baptist College before ultimately leaving the movement behind him. Today's Sponsor: https://shows.acast.com/surviving-to-thriving/ (https://shows....

Your host, Eric Skwarczynski, is joined by Heather and Zack Knight. Heather Knight is currently serving as the founder and chair of Surviving to Thriving, an Atlanta based non-profit that provides a long-term sustainability program for victims of domestic violence. The passion for domestic violence awareness and prevention started from a personal situation in her teen years and then grew into a ca...

On this episode of Preacher Boys, your host, Eric Skwarczynski sits down with Micah Helton, Micah’s mom Amanda was on a prior episode of the show titled “I had to Divorce My church: Escaping Domestic Abuse in the IFB." Find more stories regarding the IFB movement by visiting: https://open.acast.com/shows/5e123e2b355ab8560d61f99c/episodes/preacherboysdoc.com (preacherboysdoc.com) https://www.fa...

Amber Johnson shares her harrowing experiences within the New Beginnings Girls Academy that once called Pace, Florida it's home. After attempting suicide, she was sent to the school, locked away in isolation, taken off her anti-depressants and given no permission to speak. Just one year later – and with no prior religious background – she was so scared of hell and judgement that she stayed at...

On this episode, your host, Eric Skwarczynski, sits down with Bruce Gerencser. Bruce lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 41 years. He and his wife have six grown children and twelve grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. He left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. He is now a humanist and an atheist. Fin...

In the intro of this episode, your host, Eric Skwarczynski addresses how IFB pastor Bill Reeves and his staff, plus other IFB leadership have been handling the Coronavirus situation by selling special tracts, encouraging people to attend their church in spite of CDC recommendations not to, and using the outbreak to guilt non-church attending believers. For the interview, Eric is joined by Austin O...

“This man was my boss, my pastor, my father-in-law, and the man of God in my life. When he started sexually touching and abusing me, it almost broke me. I was programmed to please him in all that I did but I knew this was not supposed to happen but fell into a sense of shock and repressed the memories as he would use my body for his deviant pleasures and sexual release. Grooming a victim for rape...

On this episode of Preacher Boys, your host, Eric Skwarczynski sits down with Amanda Packard. Amanda shares about her experience with domestic violence within the IFB, and how she dealt with the church that offered support to her abuser. Find more stories regarding the IFB movement by visiting: https://open.acast.com/shows/5e123e2b355ab8560d61f99c/episodes/preacherboysdoc.com (preacherboysdoc.com)...

On this episode of the show, your host, https://www.instagram.com/eskwarczynski/ (Eric Skwarczynski), is joined by Ashley Ruiz – former member of Faith Baptist Church in Wildomar, CA. She describes the environment that has fostered several instances of physical and sexual abuse. Cases mentioned: https://ktla.com/2019/08/01/former-youth-pastor-is-2nd-accused-of-sex-crimes-at-church-in-wildomar/ (ht...