by intoaccount | Feb 18, 2022 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Church focus, Plain people, social work, Survivors speak, trauma
Into Account is honored to have as colleagues, and to advocate for, a number of Plain and Amish people. And we’re especially honored to publish a Plain survivor’s story. Plain survivors face many barriers, including people from outside their context...
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...
by intoaccount | Jul 29, 2021 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, Ethics, theology, trauma
Fire at Rainbow Mennonite Church: A Study in Organizational Trauma What exactly happened? In 2019, in Kansas City, Kansas, a woman named Kimberly reported a church employee had been abusive in the context of an intimate partner relationship to leaders at Rainbow...
by intoaccount | Jul 29, 2021 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Ethics, theology, trauma
Rainbow Mennonite Church is one example of a congregation that has suffered needless trauma due to its leaders’ refusal to take responsibility for immoral and harmful decisions. When congregants make allegations of abuse and harm, many churches take actions based in...
