Hearts Set Free - A support group for people healing from spiritual abuse

Dr. Jenny Switkes

Founder and President of Enhearten Unseen Leaders

Jenny Switkes is a professor of mathematics at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where she has the joy of mentoring many first-generation college students from diverse backgrounds. She also serves as a volunteer pastor at Rise OC Church in Costa Mesa, California. Jenny takes joy in walking alongside unseen leaders around the world, and has traveled to Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Thailand. She has a heart for prisoners and has visited prisons in the U.S. and Uganda. Jenny enjoys hiking, including some epic hikes with her brothers.

Enhearten Unseen Leaders

Enhearten Unseen Leaders serves leaders who are unseen, overlooked, or marginalized. We walk alongside people to discover their passion and calling and then rise up & live it out.

Enhearten Coaching journeys with unseen leaders as they explore their passion and calling in life. Enhearten Giving works towards a day when people freely share with and receive from unseen leaders nearby and around the world. Enhearten Healing walks alongside those who have experienced trauma and wounding from abusive leaders & communities.

More info https://www.enhearten.life/about

Yumi Ikeda Morse

Director of Soul Care Department /Pastoral Counselor

Yumi came to faith as a university student in Nagasaki at the age of 20. After graduating from a seminary of Immanuel General Mission, she worked as an associate pastor in Kyoto and Osaka for a total of 4 years. She began to receive more and more consultations from people who had suffered spiritual and emotional abuse in churches, and became interested in healthy church management and Christian leadership development.
Completed the M.A. program in Pastoral Care & Counseling at Talbot Theology Seminary, Biola University, U.S. (2019). Director of Second Level Ministries, Soul Care Department. In addition to providing spiritual and emotional support to Christians, she also assists in the recovery of victims of spiritual abuse and cultic churches.

Soul Care Ministry

Soul Care is part of Second Level Ministry, a ministry involved in the spiritual growth and discipleship of Japanese believers in Christ. Second Level Ministries works in partnership with local churches to provide the necessary support primarily in discipleship training.
Soul Care provides pastoral care, including a psychological approach, and spiritual direction rooted in a culture of spiritual formation, with the goal of restoring and growing the whole soul, including the mind, body, social, and spirituality of the person God created.

More info https://soulcare.secondlevel.org/?lang=en

Mallory Hrehor

Mallory Hrehor was raised in a Christian home and received her K-12 education at classical Christian schools. After receiving her BA in Humanities, she began teaching middle and high school students at classical Christian schools. During this time she earned both an MA in philosophy and an MA in religious studies from the University of Denver. After experiencing spiritual abuse during her time working at Christian schools, Mallory has become passionate about raising awareness about spiritual abuse and providing support systems to people who have experienced this. She is currently working on her PhD in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge. Her research centers around the issues of religion and science. In her free time, Mallory enjoys spending quality time with friends, trail running, and listening to true crime podcasts.