Back Row Revival is the convergence of three distinctive worldviews and personalities to make for the most interesting conversation you will ever be a part of. So hold on because the ride may get bumpy as 3 former pastors sit down and rethink everything.
Back Row Revival
Claim This Podcastby TJ Scott, John Mark Smithson and Bucky Sitsler
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6 episodes
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Podcast Overview
Back Row Revival is the convergence of three distinctive worldviews and personalities to make for the most interesting conversation you will ever be a part of. So hold on because the ride may get bumpy as 3 former pastors sit down and rethink everything.
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4/14/2026
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June 16, 2026
#5 We Still Believe ... But CHURCH Feels Different | Back Row Revival
<p>n this cabin wrap-up episode, TJ, Bucky, and John Mark talk honestly about where they are now with faith, church, belief, and community.</p><p><br></p><p>They discuss what they still believe, what no longer fits, why church can feel complicated after ministry, and why this podcast may be giving them the kind of honest community they have been missing.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a conversation about faith after the pulpit, friendship after isolation, and the search for a church experience that feels real again.</p>
June 2, 2026
#4 TJ Scott: "I thought I was going to be a PREACHER" | Back Row Revival
<p>For years, TJ believed ministry was the calling on his life. The pulpit wasn’t just part of his upbringing. It became his identity.</p><p>In this episode of Back Row Revival, the conversation turns deeply personal as TJ reflects on growing up inside church culture, preparing for ministry, and slowly confronting the emotional weight that came with it.</p><p>From homeschool culture and Pentecostal churches to therapy, EMDR, and faith after deconstruction, this episode explores the questions many former church kids carry quietly for years.</p><p>Some of the hardest things to untangle are the things you were taught were sacred.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up in church culture</li><li>Feeling called into ministry</li><li>Religious conditioning and fear</li><li>EMDR therapy and buried memories</li><li>Identity outside the church</li><li>Faith, trauma, and deconstruction</li><li>Reprocessing childhood experiences as an adult</li></ul>
May 19, 2026
#3 Bucky Sitsler: “I’m Very Well Loved By People… Except Me.” | Back Row Revival
<p>In this episode of Back Row Revival, Bucky Sitsler opens up about the pressure of ministry, identity, addiction, religious fear, losing everything, and the night he nearly ended his life.</p><p>From growing up terrified of being “left behind” during the rapture… to preaching from a platform while privately falling apart… this conversation is raw, uncomfortable, honest, and deeply human.</p><p>This is not a polished success story. It’s a conversation about shame, self-worth, collapse, faith, and what happens when the image everyone loves no longer matches the person inside.</p><p>Topics include:<br>• Growing up in church and fear-based Christianity• Ministry pressure and identity loss• Addiction and self-medication• Public failure• Suicidal thoughts and rock bottom• Church culture and accountability• Fatherhood and rebuilding life• Faith after collapse</p><p>Follow Back Row Revival for more long-form conversations about faith, life, failure, culture, and redemption.</p><p>#podcast #christianpodcast #mentalhealth #faith #deconstruction #church #testimony #addiction #selfworth #depression</p>
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