Will We Protect the Vulnerable

WEEK 3 — Will We Protect the Vulnerable? Who Evil Always Asks Us to Sacrifice Every system reveals its true values by who it protects—and who it doesn't. In this episode, Rev. Andrew Shipley explores the painful but necessary question of how religious communities have sacrificed the vulnerable in the name of strength, unity, and survival. Grounded in theology, history, and lived experience, this conversation names how scapegoating functions in churches—and why protection is not optional in the way of Jesus. With clarity and compassion, this episode challenges the myth that faith requires silence or endurance of harm, and affirms that structures which prevent abuse are acts of love. For women who have been asked to carry the cost so others could remain comfortable, this is a reclaiming of truth: any faith that requires someone to be unsafe is not the gospel.