by intoaccount | Feb 5, 2020 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, College & university focus, Commentary: helpful, smart, & a touch of sass, Education is Power, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Survivors speak, theology, Uncategorized
I’m thrilled to welcome back anti-violence expert Jay Yoder to the Into Account team. While this piece describes instances of threats of violence against queer folks at Goshen College, I think many LGBTQ+ people who experienced Christian schools will recognize...
by intoaccount | Jun 27, 2019 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, College & university focus, Education is Power, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Survivors speak, theology, Title IX, trauma, 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, theology
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 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Church focus, theology
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 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Church focus, Survivors speak, theology
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...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Oct 11, 2018 | Commentary: helpful, smart, & a touch of sass, theology
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella, Director of Theological Integrity A lot of this angst in the news these days around believing women could be sorted, I think, with some focused attention on what belief actually is in day-to-day human experience. In current popular...
