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The church community is a religious group that seeks to practice the love for the object as an “ideal” through self-transcendence in a mutually organic relationship. The church community, which is supposed to be altruistic like this, has recently been criticized by the public for its (partly) collective selfish attitude and disregard for social law, and is increasingly becoming a target of disgust. Examples include the hereditary in the church, the political ideology of the church, and the collective rational paralysis of holding gathering like worship while ignoring the government's recommendations in the danger of COVID-19. The most decisive cause of criticism and disgust at the church community is undoubtedly the pastors' desire for power and superiority. However, the cause of this problem cannot be determined only by the desire of pastors. Because for pastors' desires to be realized, it is impossible without the sympathy and support of the congregation. So I thought a multifaceted study of this problem was necessary, and in this paper I used the concept of 'obsessional neurosis' of Sigmund Freud to analyze and study the psychology of the congregation blindly following the pastor and relying on it. And I suggested solutions from the pastoral theological point of view for freedom from the obsessive attitude of the congregation toward the pastors. I hope that through this study, the congregation will be aware of the irrational and irrational problems that take place within the church community and have the will to resolve these problems. Furthermore, I hope this study will serve as an opportunity to redefine the relationship between pastors and church members and to deliberate the essential meaning of the church community.