We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis Audiobook (Free)

Time’s Up: Addressing the Unspoken Turmoil in the Cathedral

We prefer to think the church is a haven for the hurting. But what happens when it’s not really?

Writer and advocate Mary DeMuth urges the church she loves to rise up and encounter the evil of sexual misuse and harassment with candor and empathy. Predicated on research and survivors’ tales, along with brutal fidelity to Scripture, DeMuth unpacks the church’s response to intimate violence and provides a healthy framework for the chapel to become a haven of healing rather than an institution of judgment.

In the throes of the #MeToo movement, our response as Christians is essential. God beckons us to be good Samaritans to the people facing injury and brokenness in the aftermath of abuse and provide safe spaces to heal. DeMuth advocates for a culture of credibility and hearing and calls in the chapel to enter the locations where people are hurting. In the circle of that sort of empathetic #WeToo community, the church must become what it’s meant to be-a host to justice and recovery for everyone.