by Our Stories Untold | Nov 14, 2016 | child sexual abuse, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
by Janice Batts Editor’s Note: I met Janice Batts on Facebook messaging. She was very angry with the Mennonite Church. She was angry like Jesus-turning-over-tables-in-the-temple kind of angry. My good white Mennonite privilege was offended. I was repulsed by her...
by Our Stories Untold | Sep 28, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Kishundra D. King This is the third post in OSU’s fall blog series on sexualized violence and race. Today’s post is offered by Kishundra D. King. She is both a crisis counselor who works with Black women and children survivors of abuse and a researcher...
by Our Stories Untold | Sep 6, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Terry McKiernan This is the third and last 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...
by Stephanie Krehbiel | Aug 15, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, trauma
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...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 11, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
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,...
