Every year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints runs a Christmas season “Light the World” campaign, with downloads, videos and Giving Machines.
The award-winning campaign, created by ad agency Boncom, has this tagline:
Let your light shine this Christmas season as you love the people around you, share joy, and follow the example of Jesus Christ.
Floodlit.org believes a wonderful way to love the people around you is to educate them about sexual abuse in the LDS church.
We think all decent people, Mormon or not, want churches to be safe places, especially for children and the vulnerable.
In that spirit, here are some ways you can #LightTheWorld with your loved ones this December.
- Share Floodlit’s Mormon sexual abuse database with them. It has case reports on thousands of people who were active Latter-day Saints when they allegedly sexually abused others.
- Share with them that child sexual abuse can be perpetrated by anyone, even a Latter-day Saint bishop.
- Let them know that child sexual abuse can happen anywhere, even an LDS meetinghouse.
- Tell them that child sexual abuse can happen anytime, even during Mormon church meetings.
- Show them the Floodlit Mormon sexual abuse map of hundreds of locations where Mormon church members allegedly perpetrated sex crimes.
- Show them dozens of anonymous abuse survivor stories.
- Teach them 4 simple steps to find convicted sex offenders in their local LDS ward/branch.
- Show them facts about lawsuits against the LDS church alleging that church officials failed to report or stop abuse.
- Let them know they can download court documents obtained by Floodlit regarding allegations of sex crimes or related institutional failures in the Mormon church.
- Invite them to add a message of support to our global Lights map.
We invite you to help Floodlit raise awareness with a donation. Thank you so much for your support!