The 2021 Mormon Purge Continues: TikTokkers Neesha and Kyle Brost - Mormon Stories 1422

As the COVID pandemic begins to slow in Spring of 2021, we are seeing a surge in vocal Mormon church members being summoned to disciplinary councils for excommunication on the charges of apostasy. Last week Natasha Helfer was excommunicated from the Mormon church for nothing less than advocating for ethical mental health and sexuality. Today we interview Neesha and Kyle Brost, who were recently threatened with excommunication by their Mormon leaders for posting videos to their very popular TikTok channel https://www.tiktok.com/@challenge.fai.... This is Neesha and Kyle's Mormon Story ========================= Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Neesha and Kyle Introductions 00:10:20 - Neesha’s Mormon story 00:23:50 - Kyle’s Mormon Story 00:32:00 - Kyle’s testimony as a teen 00:35:00 - Kyle’s Mission 00:39:00 - Feelings of unworthiness 00:51:29 - 1st TikTok video 00:57:04 - Neesha at BYU Idaho 01:02:15 - Neesha & Kyle meet 01:06:20 - First kiss & Mormon purity culture 01:09:44 - Kyle’s cycle of guilt & shame around sexuality 01:21:55 - How Kyle’s reaction to sex affected Neesha 01:27:09 - First child 01:30:40 - John on the Church’s toxic sex/shame cycle 01:35:55 - Origin of Kyle’s cycle of sexual shame 01:47:35- Kyle tells Neesha & confesses to their bishop 01:52:40 - Mormon Church Addiction Recovery Program 02:01:47 - Miscarriage & toxic perfectionism 02:12:57 - Kyle’s faith begins to unravel 02:30:12 - Neesha’s response to Kyle’s loss of faith 02:43:17 - Choosing each other over the church 02:48:23 - Neesha begins reading the Gospel Topic essays 03:01:57 - Loving their children regardless of sexuality 03:09:19 - How is Mormonism harmful? 03:23:09 - Ex-Mormon TikTok community 03:35:22 - 2nd TikTok video 03:37:57 - 3rd TikTok video 03:33:00 - 4th TikTok video 03:53:41 - “Spring 2021 Mormon Purge” 04:01:03 - Disciplinary council 04:24:49 - Pros and cons of resignation 04:41:46 - “Membership” council vs “disciplinary” council 04:50:05 - How excommunications harm people and the church 04:58:03 - Final TikTok video 05:02:07 - Concluding questions & remarks #LDS #Mormon #Excommunication #DisciplinaryCouncil #TikTok #FaithCrisis #Addiction #PostMormon #Marriage #ChallengeFaith