by intoaccount | Jan 18, 2022 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, child sexual abuse, Church focus, Ethics, Into Account, Mennonite Abuse Prevention List, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
By Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive Director MMN Claims “Collaboration,” Prioritizes Reputation Over Survivors In response to the press release issued by Mennonite Mission Network on December 17, 2021 pertaining to that agency’s failure to act on a 2018...
by intoaccount | Dec 8, 2021 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Ethics, Plain people
Over the past six months, Into Account has received numerous reports concerning unethical and abusive treatment of survivors by a nonprofit organization based in Mifflinsburg, Pennsylvania called Never Stand Alone (NSA). NSA’s mission statement is “To support and...
by intoaccount | Nov 29, 2021 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Mennonite Abuse Prevention List, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
by Erin Bergen, Director of Student Advocacy At Into Account, we use owl imagery to represent our work. Watchful, fierce, wise, protection. Creatures attuned to being attentive in the soft, cold darkness. Nearly a year ago, on the longest night of 2020, a year filled...
by intoaccount | Oct 29, 2021 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus, Ethics, mental illness stigma, misogyny, social work, Survivors speak, trauma, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
Help us put the fire out. On October 19, on the steps of the Eisenhower Office Building in Topeka, Kansas, I said the following: I’ve been in the profession of victim advocacy since 2016, and I consider myself an ally of the mental health professions. Most of my...
by intoaccount | Jul 29, 2021 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, Ethics, Into Account, theology, trauma
Fire at Rainbow Mennonite Church: A Study in Organizational Trauma What exactly happened? In 2019, in Kansas City, Kansas, a woman named Kimberly reported a church employee had been abusive in the context of an intimate partner relationship to leaders at Rainbow...
by intoaccount | Jul 29, 2021 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Ethics, Into Account, theology, trauma
Rainbow Mennonite Church is one example of a congregation that has suffered needless trauma due to its leaders’ refusal to take responsibility for immoral and harmful decisions. When congregants make allegations of abuse and harm, many churches take actions based in...
