by intoaccount | Sep 12, 2024 | ASL Interpreters, Church focus, Deaf community, domestic violence, spiritual abuse
He locked me in a room. He held me hostage. He wouldn’t let me leave. He screamed at me, “WHO DO YOU BELIEVE IN? SAY JESUS CHRIST! SAY JESUS CHRIST!” –Janine Hernandez Content warning: Domestic violence; physical, emotional, verbal, and...
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 | Apr 25, 2024 | Believing survivors, Church focus, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak, theology, trauma, Uncategorized
An interview with Baptistland author Christa Brown: On telling her story of survival, the betrayal of church leaders, and the journey toward healing An interview with Baptistland Author Christa Brown. You can preorder Baptistland here, or at your preferred bookstore....
by intoaccount | Feb 29, 2024 | child sexual abuse, dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Edelweiss, Evangelicalism, Healing Ministries, Jade Miller, Multiplicity, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak, trafficking
If there’s one thing that really drives my friend and colleague Jade Miller nuts, it’s the idea that Dissociative Identity Disorder is “fascinating.” She’s weary of the entertainment and publishing worlds that exploit and sensationalize the stories of people with DID,...
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 | Aug 24, 2023 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Church focus, misogyny, spiritual abuse, Title IX, trauma, Uncategorized
by Susannah Griffith, PhD I knew telling my story would be costly. I didn’t know that it would be this costly. I published my story in Anabaptist World because I saw institutions related to the Mennonite Church USA ignore and minimize abusive behavior again and again....
