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

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.faith?lang=en.

This is Neesha and Kyle's Mormon Story

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Timestamps:

00:07:55 - 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

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