by intoaccount | Sep 12, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, College & university focus, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Survivors speak, Uncategorized
By Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive Director Often, when the internal ties that bind folks to a community are broken, that breakage happens quietly and the loss of relationship goes unacknowledged. I would like to acknowledge that this decision has effected a break in my...
by intoaccount | Aug 28, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, College & university focus, Education is Power, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Racial justice, Uncategorized
by Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive DirectorHe loves to volunteer.* That’s the first thing you should know. He is a benefactor, a big donor. He’s retired from his career in education or mental health services or church administration, a career marked with inexplicable...
by intoaccount | Jun 27, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, College & university focus, Education is Power, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Survivors speak, Uncategorized
Several weeks ago, we published two narratives on our survivor story blog Our Stories Untold, both written by our Director of Theological Integrity Hilary Jerome Scarsella. In the first narrative, Hilary tells her experience of being raped in 2009 by a fellow student...
by intoaccount | Feb 13, 2019 | Church focus, Commentary: helpful, smart, & a touch of sass
by Stephanie Krehbiel Here’s something that shouldn’t be controversial, but is. The vast majority of church leaders have absolutely no business trying to be leaders in the movement to end sexual abuse. Part of how church leaders mess up–particularly...
by intoaccount | Jan 30, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus
by Rosemarie Miller and Stephanie Krehbiel Updated 2/6/2019: In the time since the publication of this interview, the editors of Daughters of Promise have retracted the essay that we discuss here in all platforms where they are able to do so. In a Feb. 6 email to Into...
by intoaccount | Jan 10, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus, Survivors speak
Rosemarie Miller is a survivor advocate, speaker, and writer who works to raise awareness about the prevalence of child sexual abuse in faith communities. Raised as a Plain Mennonite, she now works with survivors from a wide range of church backgrounds, including many...
