by intoaccount | May 31, 2024 | advocacy, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, spiritual abuse, theology
Pastor Jud Hendrix Creates Insular Secretive Environment: Targets Congregation with Sexualized Violence Note: when church officials initially discovered his misconduct in 2011, (now former) Pastor Jud Hendrix voluntarily renounced his ordination, which protected him...
by intoaccount | Feb 25, 2024 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Ethics, Kaufman House, New Creation Fellowship Church, social work, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak
On September 17, 2023, I accompanied my dear friend Nancy Jensen to a service at New Creation Fellowship Church in Newton, Kansas. Nancy had not been to New Creation for years, but four decades ago, this small Mennonite church was her world. They were her family, and...
by intoaccount | Jun 24, 2022 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Ethics, Survivors speak, trauma, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
The Contents of My Story May Disturb You Hi, my name is *Miya, and I am a survivor of Kent Peters. This is my story. Before I begin, I want to give a content/trigger warning to readers. The following post will include the following topics: grooming boundary crossing...
by intoaccount | Jan 18, 2022 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, child sexual abuse, Church focus, Ethics, 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
CLARIFICATION: This post does NOT refer to the Florida-based nonprofit Never Stand Alone, founded in 2009. Never Stand Alone in Florida has a Candid Platinum Seal and has no association or relationship with the Pennsylvania-based organization described in this post....
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...
