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To pastor a manipulator is to pastor a crazy-maker.
You've felt it — the confusion after a conversation that seemed fine but left you uneasy. The good people who quietly disappeared. The board meeting that went sideways in ways you still can't fully explain. The smile that never quite reached the eyes.
There are puppet masters in your church. And most pastors were never trained to spot them.
Manipulators don't announce themselves. They seek personal glory while appearing to serve. They operate through flattery, division, and carefully placed half-truths. Scripture calls them tares among the wheat — and Jesus warned that pulling them out carelessly destroys the innocent alongside them.
They show up in your church as:
Puppeteers — pulling strings from the shadows
Button-pushers — provoking conflict, then stepping back
People-users — leveraging relationships for personal gain
Self-protectors — never wrong, never accountable
Destroyers — leaving wounded people in their wake
Pastoring a Manipulator is the result of decades of shepherding experience with exactly these kinds of people. Manipulators can be pastored — but it requires an intentional strategy.
In this book you will:
Learn the key traits a manipulator exhibits and what drives their behavior
Study Biblical manipulators and gain wisdom from how Scripture addresses them
Understand how manipulators damage the people you pastor — and limit the effectiveness of your entire ministry
Discover practical steps to provide emotional and spiritual help to those a manipulator wounds
Apply strategies drawn from the Bible and real pastoral experience — so you can lead with integrity, not reaction
Carlton Coon Sr. has pastored for decades, navigating every variety of difficult personality that walks through a church door. He writes not from theory but from hard-won experience — the kind that comes from protecting a congregation, maintaining unity, and refusing to let one controlling individual derail what God is building.
Pastoring a Manipulator is a vital resource for any pastor seeking to navigate the maze of ministering to manipulators while protecting the people a manipulator will abuse.
Not knowing how to handle a manipulator guarantees losing good people.
Understanding what you're dealing with — and having a plan — produces the confidence to lead well.📖 Get your copy today — available on Amazon.
To pastor a manipulator is to pastor a crazy-maker.
You've felt it — the confusion after a conversation that seemed fine but left you uneasy. The good people who quietly disappeared. The board meeting that went sideways in ways you still can't fully explain. The smile that never quite reached the eyes.
There are puppet masters in your church. And most pastors were never trained to spot them.
Manipulators don't announce themselves. They seek personal glory while appearing to serve. They operate through flattery, division, and carefully placed half-truths. Scripture calls them tares among the wheat — and Jesus warned that pulling them out carelessly destroys the innocent alongside them.
They show up in your church as:
Puppeteers — pulling strings from the shadows
Button-pushers — provoking conflict, then stepping back
People-users — leveraging relationships for personal gain
Self-protectors — never wrong, never accountable
Destroyers — leaving wounded people in their wake
Pastoring a Manipulator is the result of decades of shepherding experience with exactly these kinds of people. Manipulators can be pastored — but it requires an intentional strategy.
In this book you will:
Learn the key traits a manipulator exhibits and what drives their behavior
Study Biblical manipulators and gain wisdom from how Scripture addresses them
Understand how manipulators damage the people you pastor — and limit the effectiveness of your entire ministry
Discover practical steps to provide emotional and spiritual help to those a manipulator wounds
Apply strategies drawn from the Bible and real pastoral experience — so you can lead with integrity, not reaction
Carlton Coon Sr. has pastored for decades, navigating every variety of difficult personality that walks through a church door. He writes not from theory but from hard-won experience — the kind that comes from protecting a congregation, maintaining unity, and refusing to let one controlling individual derail what God is building.
Pastoring a Manipulator is a vital resource for any pastor seeking to navigate the maze of ministering to manipulators while protecting the people a manipulator will abuse.
Not knowing how to handle a manipulator guarantees losing good people.
Understanding what you're dealing with — and having a plan — produces the confidence to lead well.📖 Get your copy today — available on Amazon.