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Archiving a culture of silence
This is the second post in OSU’s current blog series on SNAP Mennonite’s MAP List (Mennonite Abuse Prevention List) and the broader issue of naming church workers (lay or ordained) who are credibly accused* of perpetrating sexualized violence. Check out...
The Perception of the Problem
Teach and model mutuality between men and women and challenge the ongoing legacy of patriarchy in the church. – From “What we will do...As church institutions,” in “Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse.” Passed by Mennonite Church USA Delegate Assembly, Kansas City,...
Do Not Let Your Heart Beat Hope
by Jennifer (Jay) Yoder “I’m going to destroy you, and I know exactly how.” That’s the sentence that started a two-year run for me, one from which I’m still recovering, of a feral, terrified, and isolated existence. That’s the sentence that launched my former lover,...
Mennonite Bodies, Sexual Ethics: Women Challenge John Howard Yoder
by Rachel Waltner Goossen Many readers of Our Stories Untold are likely familiar with aspects of the long, troubling history -- dating to the 1970s, '80s, and '90s -- of theologian John Howard Yoder's sexual abuse of women, and of myriad failures among Mennonite...
So You Need an Investigation
Often, organizations, churches, or institutions find themselves thinking about their cultures, policies, and practices surrounding sexualized and spiritual violence because they have learned of violence in their own context. Many times, there is only a real...
Save the apology, we need accountability: spoken word by M.G.
On Monday of this week, M.G. shared her experience of the rape and abuse she survived while a student at Eastern Mennonite University, as well as the university's response when she reported the violence. If you read the story, you know that M.G's courage and...
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