Decon/Recon Review: Todd Phillips' $29 Skool

Decon/Recon is Todd Phillips' private Skool community for people questioning, deconstructing or rebuilding after Christianity. Its authenticated page showed 100 members, five admins, a 5.0 rating from 12 reviews and a $29 monthly price on 29 September 2026. The offer emphasizes privacy, screening and nonjudgmental conversation rather than directing members toward or away from belief.

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$29/month displayed price
$299/year stated in the About copy
100 members and 5 admins
5.0 rating from 12 reviews
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Checked: 29 September 2026

Who is Todd Phillips?

Todd Phillips is the named founder of Decon/Recon. The page says he spent more than 20 years as a megachurch pastor and then a decade deconstructing alone. That biography is a first-party statement on the community page. His stated role is to protect the discussion space rather than prescribe a conclusion.

Todd Phillips

Founder and moderator of Decon/Recon, drawing on his stated experience as a former megachurch pastor and long-term deconstructor.

Skool profile The community

What does Decon/Recon include?

The page sells a moderation model more than a conventional course. Its core promise is that members can discuss changing beliefs without being corrected, preached at or forced into debate.

1People may still believe, no longer believe or remain unsure about where they will land.

2The page says discussions are private and not searchable.

3Members can choose the name they use inside the group.

4Every member is screened, and the visible roster showed five admins.

5The page prohibits evangelizing, judgment and pressure toward or away from belief.

Who is the strongest fit?

The closest fit is an adult whose religious questions feel difficult to discuss with their current congregation, family or social circle. A member does not need to identify as atheist, ex-Christian or reconstructed. The page explicitly permits uncertainty, which may reduce the pressure to adopt a new label immediately.

It is a weaker fit for someone seeking theological debate, apologetics, evangelism or a group committed to one replacement doctrine. It is also not a substitute for licensed mental-health care. Religious transition can involve grief, anxiety, trauma, family conflict or isolation, and a peer room may not be equipped for crisis intervention or clinical treatment.

How private is a private Skool group?

The page says nothing inside is public or searchable, members choose a name and every member is screened. Those are important community promises, but privacy is not absolute on any online platform. Other members can still see posts and may be able to copy or screenshot them. Skool accounts, payment records and platform logs also operate under Skool's own terms and privacy practices.

A cautious member should avoid posting identifying details they cannot afford to have repeated, review the group's moderation and removal process and ask how confidentiality breaches are handled. The five-admin roster may support moderation, but it does not create legal confidentiality like the duties that may apply to a licensed clinician or lawyer.

The builder lesson

Decon/Recon makes rules and safety expectations part of the offer. Builders can use the About-page formula to state those boundaries, the pricing guide to support active moderation, the promotion guide to reach a sensitive audience carefully and the start-a-community guide to design onboarding around consent and expectations.

The builder lesson: in a sensitive peer community, the moderation rules and privacy expectations are not legal fine print. They are the product.

Member count, price, rating, biography and privacy claims were taken from the rendered authenticated Skool page on 29 September 2026 and can change. Community privacy is not absolute, reviews are individual experiences, and this group is not presented as therapy or crisis care. Skool Files is independent and is not affiliated with Decon/Recon or Skool.