John invites Jenny McGrath to explore the hidden emotional and psychological damage caused by high-demand religious groups like Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Jenny McGrath, a former YWAM staff member and researcher, opens up about her experiences as a teenage missionary molded by purity culture, colonial attitudes, and spiritual manipulation. Together, they uncover how exhaustion, self-denial, and trauma are often mistaken for holiness and how these organizations can weaponize faith to control both youth and global missions. The conversation dives deep into dissociation, mind control, white saviorism, and the lifelong process of healing from religious trauma—revealing how sincere devotion can be transformed into exploitation under the guise of serving God.
- Introduction
- Jenny’s Story: From Purity Culture to YWAM
- Physical Collapse and the Praise of Suffering
- Confronting White Privilege in Missions
- The Curse of Ham and Colonial Theology
- Psychological Breakdown and Dissociation
- Trauma, the Body, and Religious Fear
- Children and the Cycle of Missionary Trauma
- Mind Control and Cult Psychology
- Purity Culture as Imperial Training
- Religion, Resources, and Hidden Agendas
- Kingdom Ideology and Justified Invasion
- Fight, Flight, and Freeze in YWAM Life
- Emotional Manipulation Through Worship
- Autoimmune Illness and Blaming the Victim
- Entrapment Through Faith and Livelihood
- Healing, Memory, and Writing as Recovery
- Losing Community After Leaving the Cult
- Advice to an 18-Year-Old Missionary Self
- Where to Find Jenny’s Work
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