We want to know what happened in the course of AMBS’s work with FaithTrust Institute. We want to know why the press release says nothing about this work.
Category: Church focus
We ask for your discretion: the old white church college predator
Yours is not the first community he has groomed to tolerate him; your church did not produce his first pack of ardent defenders.
On Whose Backs?: Why We Oppose the Selection of David Boshart as President of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Hilary's successful process with AMBS must not be co-opted into an institutional narrative that erases the trauma of other survivors, that asserts a false peace while silent suffering continues, and that elevates Hilary as a chosen survivor on the backs of people who do not fall within Dave's narrow-minded understanding of the body of Christ.
Godly men, be quiet.
The vast majority of church leaders have absolutely no business trying to lead in the movement to end sexual abuse.
God is not an abuser: Responding to Daughters of Promise
Rosemarie and Stephanie discuss a devotional essay written by the wife of a sexual predator.
Sexual abuse in Plain Anabaptist Churches: An Interview with Rosemarie Miller
Rosemarie Miller talks to Stephanie Krehbiel about the prevalence child sexual abuse in Plain Mennonite, Amish, and other conservative Anabaptist communities.
You are where you need to be
If we truly wish to help someone who has experienced sexual violence, then we need to come into their circle, not expect them to come into ours.
Responding to reports of abuse: Who’s getting it right? And where does theology come in?
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella, Director of Theological Integrity The other day, my colleagues and I were reflecting on the sense of angst we have when folks in communities of faith ask us for examples of people getting it right when it comes to responding to abuse. It’s a perfectly fantastic question. Who is not making … Continue reading Responding to reports of abuse: Who’s getting it right? And where does theology come in?
To MC USA Executive Board: Don’t feed your climate of abuse. You need experts, not enablers.
Into Account calls on Mennonite Church USA to remove Virginia Mennonite Conference Minister Clyde Kratz from the search committee for the new Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA, and to replace him with a member MC USA Panel on Sexual Abuse Prevention. Take Action Now At the delegate assembly at the MC USA biennial convention … Continue reading To MC USA Executive Board: Don’t feed your climate of abuse. You need experts, not enablers.
To social justice Christians who think that sexualized violence in your church is a trivial thing to focus on because there are “more urgent issues right now”
You’re wrong. Let’s talk about why. by Stephanie Krehbiel Because there is an abusive sexual predator in the White House, and when it comes to the skills we need to resist and survive the social tyrannies of his regime, the abuse survivors in your congregation are probably some of the most knowledgeable people in the … Continue reading To social justice Christians who think that sexualized violence in your church is a trivial thing to focus on because there are “more urgent issues right now”
