by intoaccount | Aug 24, 2023 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Church focus, misogyny, spiritual abuse, 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 | Sep 26, 2022 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, College & university focus
UPDATE: Since posting this on Monday, Into Account has received eight reports about violence and abuse at Hesston College from individual survivors. Every person who reports to us has the right to confidentiality and control over their story. All we will say is that...
by intoaccount | Apr 22, 2017 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, College & university focus
“Launch Your Future,” EMU’s website shouts in bold capital letters, as they prepare to hand a social work degree to a student who has – by EMU’s own finding – committed sexual violence. Continuing Eastern Mennonite University...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Jun 28, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
(…or what we didn’t say in an attempt to keep it short, and are now saying anyway because not saying it is being used to discredit our concern) Wow. Here’s a big, hearty thank you! to all of you who responded to our call to action. Your words and energy...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Jun 21, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
Dear friends and supporters, On June 14, 2016 Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Education Agency published their joint plan for pursuing outside investigation into “the Hartman situation.” On first glance, it might read as a reasonable and unremarkable update,...
