Released Through Theresa Harvard Johnson
January 25, 2018
This word is for those already walking in their righteous and prepared places. I STRONGLY sense that it is meeting someone in an old thought-place or process. May it bless you if it applies to your situation.
I heard this: Change is NOT coming to you. Change IS IN you. Make the change to be the change. TODAY, begin by recognizing that you cannot rely on the methods of yesterday.
Released Through Theresa Harvard Johnson
January 26, 2018
This is the season of the biblical sage among my people. I am shining my light on those sons who have supernaturally received “spiritual apostolic doctorates” through 20, 30 and 40 years of study without ceasing in the metrons to which they have been assigned. This generation, this population of people are the sages of their day, WISE MEN that I have raised up who have maximized academics through self study and revelatory understanding through their time with me.
They have pondered deep questions. They have held philosophical debates and walk the halls of Solomon’s Porch in the Kingdom of God. I alone have raised them up. No man has taught them. No degree in the natural has been conferred upon them… but I call them WISE MEN, sages.
Copyright 2018 Theresa Harvard Johnson
Accountability is a trending phrase across the congregation today.
In simple, non-religious terms, it implies that people and organizations should be held responsible for their actions (or lack thereof) and the outcomes of those actions in their lives, the lives of those they impact and in some situations as it relates to society.
This definition, when used in the context of our conversation on “Sexual Assault within the Congregation,” conveys that the congregation as a whole needs to be held accountable. I agree. However the accounts from news outlets in my previous article, “Sexual Assault within the Congregation: For Traditional and Non-traditional Congregations,” continues to reveal that the church has a long way to go in understanding how to properly address the epidemic within its four walls.
Copyright 2018 Theresa Harvard Johnson
Accountability is a trending phrase across the congregation today.
In simple, non-religious terms, it implies that people and organizations should be held responsible for their actions (or lack thereof) and the outcomes of those actions in their lives, the lives of those they impact and in some situations as it relates to society.
This definition, when used in the context of our conversation on “Sexual Assault within the Congregation,” conveys that the congregation as a whole needs to be held accountable. I agree. However the accounts from news outlets in my previous article, “Sexual Assault within the Congregation: For Traditional and Non-traditional Congregations,” continues to reveal that the church has a long way to go in understanding how to properly address the epidemic within its four walls.
Copyright 2018 Theresa Harvard Johnson
#WeToo #MeToo #clergyabuse #apostolicmentorship
It happens.
A person becomes a part of a congregation, ministry group or enters a mentoring relationship, and find themselves the victim of the most humiliating and misunderstood crime imaginable – sexual assault.
Sexual assault, sometimes referred to as sexual violence, takes on numerous forms. It includes rape, sexual intercourse against a person’s will; forcible sodomy, anal or oral sex against a person’s will; forcible object penetration against a person’s will; fondling or unwanted touching (regardless of how slight); forcing someone to perform sex acts via threats, intimidation or coercion; sexual contact with minors whether consensual or none consensual; and incest, sexual relations between close relatives.[1] Non-contact sexual assault also includes exhibitionism and verbal sexual harassment.[2]
