https://www.gcsynod.org/news/breaking-the-silence-new-lutheran-ministry-responds-to-abuse-in-our-communities April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month—a time to raise awareness, support families, and commit to protecting children and vulnerable people. In the ELCA, that call is taking concrete form through ministries like Unnamed No More, A Lutheran Safe Church Ministry, now supported by a Women of the ELCA (WELCA) Katie’s Fund grant. Founded by Staci Stought, a pastoral

Attention All Lutheran Women! You are Cordially Invited to attend the annual Central Ohio Conference Spring Gathering! WHEN: Sunday, April 26, 2026 (Registration–1:30pm, Program–2:00pm) WHERE: Grace Lutheran Church. 8950 Refugee Road. Pickerington, OH 43147 A time with fellowship, speakers, singing & refreshments. There will be updates from the COC Board & SOS Board. The guest speaker is Staci Stought, Pastoral Care Minister at Messiah Lutheran Church in Reynoldsburg, OH. W…

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Many congregations lack the structure needed to put the social message’s recommendations into practice. Unnamed No More, A Lutheran Safe Church Ministry , helps fill this gap. https://www.womenoftheelca.org/blog/post/katies-fund-grant-supports-unnamed-no-more-a-ministry-responding-to-violence-against-children

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1F6yoYBsWL/ Did you know that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month? This past Sunday, guest preacher Staci Stought brought a powerful word rooted in our ELCA social statement on child protection, speaking directly to survivors of child maltreatment. Our denomination declares: "We are convinced that neither your trauma, nor your pain, nor your grief, nor the injustice done to you, nor the sin of adults around you, nor your anger, nor

Unnamed No More , a Lutheran Safe Church Ministry, is identified as a resource to help ELCA churches receive guidance for aligning with the ELCA social message on child protection.

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The Rev. Staci Stought has created new resources for congregations to use for prayer and advocacy . There are daily prayers for one week, lifting before God all those impacted by sex and labor trafficking. It includes prayers for those doing the harm, those in active situations of harm, those healing from it, for churches to engage, and for our response to indifference. Let us join together in prayer and in action, seeking transfo

[1] In November of 2025, the ELCA approved a social message on child protection which calls for a number of reforms and greater theological engagement with the topic of child abuse. One of the resources cited in the social message is Here We Stand: A Lutheran Response to Child Abuse. This book is a collection of writings by scholars from the three largest Lutheran denominations (LCMS, WELS, and ELCA). Drawing on Scripture and Lutheran doctrine, they offer a rich theological

20 Then the Lord said, "How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin! Verse 21 I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know." Verse 22 So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Verse 23 Then Abraham came near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Verse 24 Suppose there are

https://faithlead.org/seeds/seeds-fellows/ Staci Stought is the founder of Unnamed No More, A Safe Church Initiative, promoting open dialogue, prevention, healing, and accountability in Christian communities to address child abuse, elder abuse, sexual violence, and domestic violence. She is a retired police officer with specialized forensic expertise in Child Abuse and Sexual Violence, and currently serves as an ELCA Pastoral Care Minister. In addition, Staci works in the Tra

https://www.luthersem.edu/story/2024/11/19/bridging-the-gap/ By Jamie Hudalla Winter 2024 Peter Peregrine ’24 M.A. walks down the halls of an assisted living facility in Wisconsin, smiling at everyone he’s met who won’t remember him. As a full-time chaplain, Peregrine spends many hours in the memory care unit. He tells each resident he’s happy to see them—and he genuinely means it. Even if there’s no favorable resolution to their condition, he hopes sitting with them is comf