MorningStar
ACCOUNTABILITY NOW
23 September 2024
We the undersigned publicly and emphatically stand in solidarity and support for the victims of sexual abuse at MorningStar. Each of us had some level of experience with the many facets of MorningStar ministries, whether their K-12 school, the ministry school MSU, or the Sunday morning congregation. We were students, church attendees, MorningStar staff, CSCL teachers, and volunteers.
Many of us live in different places now, and we approach this statement with a spectrum of beliefs about God, religion, and our time at MorningStar. One thing we share is a firm belief that corruption, negligence, and abuse of power has gone on at MorningStar and its affiliated organizations for decades. We believe it is this corrupt and toxic leadership culture that enabled various forms of abuse to take place, including a child predator being able to abuse children for years.
We strongly condemn the MorningStar Board, its leader Rick Joyner, and other executive church leaders for their inadequate response to grave allegations. Their attempts to ignore, downplay, and discredit victims and the severity of their claims are not only morally reprehensible but also betray the trust placed in them.
We call for the following:
1. Leadership accountability. Rick Joyner should immediately resign from the church and hold no further positions of authority in the future. His comments on the allegations demonstrate a lack of empathy, conviction, and commitment to protect the most vulnerable among us.
2. Independent audit of the board. An independent, third-party review of MorningStar's Board should be conducted and the findings disclosed publicly. The audit should include review of all board members' credentials, background checks, the Board's decision-making policies and procedures, and the minutes of all board meetings and financial statements.
3. Independent audit of child protection practices. An independent, third-party audit should be conducted of the policies and procedures governing all positions of authority over children and the findings and recommendations published publicly.
4. Immediate consultation with organizations skilled in victim protection, safe environment policies, and preventing clergy/church sexual abuse of minors, followed by mandatory training. Based on these consultations, every individual (staff & volunteers alike) with a role that involves interacting with children should be given mandatory training on sexual abuse against minors and annual training should become standing policy.
These investigations must be conducted by an external, impartial body with no ties to the church or its leadership.
Finally, we encourage current members, supporters, students, staff, and volunteers to review all available information regarding the allegations made against MorningStar’s leadership and to carefully reconsider your continued support (financial or otherwise) to MorningStar. Absent significant MorningStar actions toward ensuring transparency, accountability, and prevention of abuse in the future, continuing to support this organization may contribute to continued abuse.
#TimesUp #BetterAMillstone
Signed,
Statement of Support and Call for Accountability
1 Emily Elston
2 Emily Williams
3 Lacy Anderson
4 Daniel Anderson
5 Jon Thompson
6 Laura Strite
7 Rebekah Carpenter
8 Destiny Edwards
9 Ruth Meharg
10 Calvin Elston
11 Bethany Cord
12 Kaitlin Mathis
13 Owen Bergeron
14 Anastasia Merriken
15 Wendy Hawley
16 Chad Hawley
17 Jessie Wimmer
18 Anna Hollingsworth
19 Caleb Doyle
20 Rachel Reeher
21 Arias (John) DeRienzo
22 Jason Healey
23 Miranda Escalante
24 Richard Hirth
25 Maeve Smith
26 Megan Escalante
27 Barbara Escalante
28 Cindy Irving
29 Josiah Carr
30 Sophia Kim
31 Jeremy Merriken
32 David Rowan
33 Rachel Souza
34 Valerie Cordell
35 Jolie Rempel
36 Micah Griffith
37 Courtney Blake
38 Mary Williams
39 Liz Corwin Seegers
40 Joel Arndt
41 Leah Wolf
42 Clyde Vreeland
43 Deanna Christal
44 Wes Strite
45 Robert Fulton
46 Austin Crump
47 Leah Bergeron
48 Emily Megown
49 Richard Irving
50 Jonathan Pollina
51 Matthew LaFlamme
52 Daniel Mullin
53 Landon Hawley
54 Sara Russell (Townsend)
55 Raquelle Rivera
56 Chris Gladden
57 John Emery
58 April Sechrest
59 Ashton Crain
60 Mikayla Emery
61 Amanda (Bryant) Mitchell
62 Robbie Roberts
63 Julia Willett
64 Karissa Dean
65 Glorya Quental
66 Taylor Dejaegher
67 Rachel DeRienzo
68 Ginese Wilmot
69 Victor Rosenzweig
70 Elyse Nagy
71 Adam Short
72 Anna Livingston
73 Brooke Barsell
74 Kim Miller
75 Chloe Kesler
76 Greg Miller
77 Bruce Shafer
78 Korynne Feliu
79 Candace Williams
80 Christine Orrick
81 Linda Abdelmalak
82 Mark Mathis
83 Abbi O’Leary
84 Hannah Richardson
85 Hannah Kimel
86 Rachel Saylor
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88 Ethan Crawford
89 Talia Buksbazen
90 Rian Buksbazen
91 Chellie Cloud
92 Josiah Williams
93 Jason Hills
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95 Glory Irving
96 Nicholas Livingston
97 Jack Abdelmalak
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100 Sarah Williams
101 Laurie Stasi
102 Chad Cunningham
103 Hallie Cunningham
104 Paul Stasi
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