by intoaccount | Oct 4, 2024 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, College & university focus, Eastern Mennonite University, misogyny, Stalking
Dear Reader, As advocates and allies we often are faced with questions that start, “Why didn’t they …” Leave him, report, comply, fill in the blank. Well, Kendall did what survivors are told to do. She reported immediately, handed over evidence, showed up for...
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....
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...