"Preachers Daughters," is back for a second season on Lifetime with two new families and more drama that will surely shock many critics with excessive drinking, cursing, smoking, partying and coming to Jesus moments all packed into one hour episodes.
However, the preachers and their daughters featured on the show insist that the series is not coming back for another season in order to shame the church, but to help people.
Tori Elliott, the 22-year-old daughter of Pastor Kenny Elliott of Bethel Seventh-day-Adventist Church in New Orleans, made her "Preachers' Daughters" debut as the former police officer-turned party girl who showed up to church drunk and got evicted from her apartment in the first episode. Tori told Christian Post that she came onto the show to give viewers the perspective of preachers' daughters who are dealing with life not as teenagers, but young adults overcoming the temptations of the world.
Although she struggles with excessive drinking, being a negative role model to her 16-year-old sister and being responsible while on the show, Tori has a message for people who may doubt the show's merit based on the season two premiere.
"If there is anybody out there that is skeptical about the show, I just encourage them to watch it through. Watch me grow spiritually and get more in love with God," she told CP. "It might start off slow but in the end like the prodigal son, God's love overcomes all sins."
Pastor Jeff Cassidy, a new face on the show knows firsthand what rebelling against God looks like. While Pastor Cassidy is devoting himself to full time ministry as a newly appointed associate pastor of Lake Bowen Baptist Church in Boiling Springs, S.C., on the show, he is also a former heavy metal musician with a history of substance abuse. While dealing with his 19-year-old son Zac in rehab, Pastor Cassidy's daughter Megan is describing herself as "the southern belle raisin' hell."
Still, Megan's father insists that people can learn from his less than perfect family.
"The things I want people to see and understand is church is not full of perfect people...And it's staff members are just like anybody else," Pastor Cassidy told CP. "Church is full of hypocrites as people say and that's where hypocrites need to be. They need to be in church learning about Christ and God.. They're normal fathers, they're normal mothers, they're normal teenagers and they're dealing with a world out there today that will eat you up and spit you out."
Victoria Koloff, the preacher and radio show host who appeared last season as a divorced mother of four co-parenting and focusing on raising her now 17-year-old daughter between Kannapolis, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn., said she received hundreds of messages from people thanking her for appearing on the show and helping them change their lives. This season, viewers may witness Kolby attempting to map out her future after high school while disagreeing with her parents and making her own choices much to their disapproval.
Despite the show's dramatic elements, Victoria insists "Preachers' Daughters" is bringing something special to Christians who might be watching less than Godly reality television programming otherwise.
"The Christians are watching trash t.v. and what I like about our show is it might have a sprinkle of drama and controversy in it, but it always has a happy ending. There's something good that's going to come from each of the families," she told CP. "If people hang in there with these families throughout the whole season, they're going to be cheering them on instead of pointing the finger and judging them. And as it unfolds it will make me proud of season two just like I was in season one."
