by intoaccount | Mar 7, 2024 | Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Mennonite Mission Network, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
By Miya Three years. It’s been three years since I first learned that I was not the only one who has been affected by the disgusting actions of Kent Peters. I still remember the day and where I was. It was March 25, 2021. The phone call with the news that Kent Peters...
by intoaccount | Feb 25, 2024 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Ethics, Kaufman House, New Creation Fellowship Church, social work, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak
On September 17, 2023, I accompanied my dear friend Nancy Jensen to a service at New Creation Fellowship Church in Newton, Kansas. Nancy had not been to New Creation for years, but four decades ago, this small Mennonite church was her world. They were her family, and...
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 | May 11, 2023 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, College & university focus, Racial justice, Survivors speak, Title IX
Over the past six months, I have had the pleasure of working with this student. She has spent years giving her passion, creativity, and time to Hesston College. And recently, she has been a part of the student organizing that has led to administration promising...
by intoaccount | May 8, 2023 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Church focus, online child sexual abuse, Survivors speak, trauma
by Alyssa On April 2, 2021, Into Account put out a statement of outreach to survivors of sexual abuse by Kent Peters, a church camp counselor, employee of Mennonite Mission Network, and a ubiquitous face at girls’ and women’s athletic events at various...