by Our Stories Untold | Oct 5, 2020 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Anonymous Selah. I don’t know how to begin this story, but I know in my bones that it needs to be told. I’ll begin by saying that I don’t know how to keep myself safe by writing all of this down, but I know I have to confront this mountain. The threat of...
by Our Stories Untold | Jan 7, 2020 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Crystal Seymore Crystal Seymore’s story of abuse is a tangle of oppressive and violent threads. It’s hard to say which of those threads most deserves to be highlighted in this introduction to her narrative. Is it the spiritual abuse by Church of Christ clergy...
by Stephanie Krehbiel | Dec 4, 2019 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Title IX
On October 31 of this year, Ted Mueller was arrested in North Newton, Kansas. He was charged with two counts of sexual battery as well as one count of lewd and lascivious behavior. These charges represent a small fraction of the reports that have been shared with law...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Oct 21, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus, Commentary: helpful, smart, & a touch of sass
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella, Director of Theological IntegrityUPDATED the evening of 10/21/19 The Mennonite put out an article today on details emerging around the AMBS search committee’s decision to appoint David Boshart the next president of the seminary. We’ll have...
by Our Stories Untold | Jun 12, 2019 | Our Stories Untold Blog, theology, Title IX, trauma
Nine days ago, I stood in Elkhart, Indiana, on the campus of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS). The campus apartment building where I was sexually assaulted is gone now. When I learned that it would be demolished, I remember wishing that I could be the one...
