A pastor learned and heard about his leadership failures in a hysterical skit. One pastor goes undercover, disguised as an employee in his church’s children’s 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 we’re our own worst critics, but I’m not entirely sure that’s true either. Both of those statements and ideas sound great, that is, until people are completely, 100 percent honest. At that point, we’re 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 church’s children’s department. He likely thought he’d 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 children’s ministry director, who begins their meeting with a blunt comment about the pastor’s perceived lack of concern and care about her department.

“I’m pretty shocked that they hired anyone for the children’s ministry because our pastor literally hates children,” she said.

She then explains the check-in system and how it’s 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, it’s a herd of cattle. A child really feels special when he’s number 46Z79-Alpha2.”

Later in the clip, the pastor’s lack of parenting ability is criticized.

“No lie, the worst kids in the entire children’s ministry, and everybody knows this: the pastor’s kids,” she says.

But that wasn’t all she said about the pastor’s children.

“Trust me, these kids are actual demons,” the woman said. “They literally never listen to anybody, and last week, I caught the pastor’s 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 don’t 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.”