For Congregations

• Introduction to Ministry Transition
• Pastoral Transition Guide for Church Leadership
• Pastoral Transition Guide for the Search Committee
• Congregational Information Form | PDF | Word |Español
• Timeline to the Ministerial Transition
• Sample Covenant of Understanding | Español
• Current Salary, Benefits, and Reimbursement Guidelines
• The Search Committee Interview Guide – The Congregational Search Committee Version
• The Search Committee Interview Guide – The Candidate Version
• Interim Ministry: Supply or Transitional Pastor | Español
• Transitional Pastor Policy

Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse

• Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse

Policies and Recommendations

• Mennonite Church USA Ministerial Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedure
• Prevention and Response: Sexual Abuse and Non-Credentialed Individuals
• Safe Church
• Sample policy: Home Street Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Poster

• Recognizing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct 

Sermons and Worship

• Untold Stories (2 Samuel 13:1-21) – Meghan Larissa Good, Albany (Oregon) Mennonite Church
• Trauma-informed communion liturgy – Hilary Jerome Scarsella, with Rhoda Keener, Eleanor Krieder, David B. Miller, and John Rempel
• Sojourners 100 Sermons on Sexual Violence

Books and pamphlets

• Body and Soul, Healthy Sexuality and the People of God. Faith & Life Resources, 2010.
• Cooper-White, Pamela, The Cry of Tamar, Violence against Women and the Church’s Response, 2^nd edition, Fortress Press, 2012.
• Fortune, Marie M. Sexual Violence, The Sin Revisited.  The Pilgrim Press, 2005.
• Gaede, Beth Ann, editor.  When a Congregation is Betrayed: Responding to Clergy Misconduct. The Alban Institute, 2006.
• Heggen, Carolyn Holderread. Sexual Abuse in Christian Homes and Churches. Herald Press, 1993. Reprinted Wipf & Stock, 2006.
• McClintock, Karen A. Preventing sexual abuse in congregations: A resource for leaders. The Alban Institute, 2004.
• Melton, Joy Thornburg.  Safe Sanctuaries for Ministers: Reducing the Risk of Abuse in the Church. Discipleship Resources, 2009.
• Melton, Joy Thornburg.  Safe sanctuaries: Reducing the risk of abuse in the church for children and youth. Discipleship Resources, 2008.
• Understanding sexual abuse by a church leader or caregiver, 2^nd edition, Mennonite Central Committee, 2011.
• Lighting the Dark, Timbrel magazine, Spring 2014, Mennonite Women USA
• Agenda for Change: Policies and Procedures for Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence in Mennonite Institutions by Lisa Schirch

Articles

• But I’ve seen him do so much good by by Sara Wenger Shenk
• What to Do When Your Minister is Accused of Abuse from Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
• 18 ways churches can fight sexual assault in 2018 by Ruth Everhart

Websites

• Safe Church, Faith Communities Keeping Children and Youth Safe: mennoniteusa.org/safechurch
• Into Account: intoaccount.org
• Mennonite Abuse Prevention (MAP): https://www.themaplist.org
• Clergy Sexual Misconduct Awareness and Prevention, Baylor University: http://www.baylor.edu/clergysexualmisconduct
• Our Stories Untold: http://www.ourstoriesuntold.com/
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), Mennonite: http://www.snapnetwork.org/mennonite
• Abuse Response and Prevention, Mennonite Central Committee: http://abuse.mcc.org
• We Will Speak Out campaign from MCC U.S.: http://mcc.org/learn/more/we-will-speak-out

John Howard Yoder Digest

• Articles About Sexual Abuse and Discernment