Did you ever ask, 'What were we thinking?' When the pastor, who wrote this book, and his beloved church, realised what they became was so unbecoming they too asked that question -how they answered it and their journey to change is food for thought... "Dismantle the Flam" is a compelling chronicle of the deconstruction of the leadership modus operandi and strident discipleship culture in a prominent Australian church under the unbridled influence of a charismatic visionary leader. The account is set within an autobiographical narrative of a pastor's experiences in the seminal twenty-year period for today's contemporary church movement. His book accounts for the consequences that arise when the broad lines between adherence to a particular church culture and cult-like behaviours become too thin. The author writes as an insider who walked with the church through the painful process of reassessing and dismantling many of the constructs upon which he, and they, had been operating. This honest constructive critique offers pertinent lessons for contemporary church pastors and leaders whose historical roots are where the narrative began. The book's opening line sets the tone: "The past in the present and what to think about it."