After the protest, Tuma posted on Facebook, “If you live in KC and are on staff at IHOPKC, you might have seen me and several others in the prayer room today with red tape over our mouths.”
“What I want you to know, more than anything, is that I’m not angry or bitter,” Tuma added. “I just feel immense grief. IHOP is part of a shared history—some painful, some beautiful. That’s the hardest part of what’s happening right now. It’s complicated. It involves people I love, in a place that holds deep significance for many.”
Tuma shared that the people at IHOPKC treated her with honesty, kindness, and vulnerability during the silent protest. “Some folks said they were praying along with us. We had heartfelt conversations,” she said. “It was beautiful.”
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“My hope, more than anything, is to remind you of who you are,” Tuma continued. “I hope you will step into the highest expression of your calling as a community: that of intercessors. Advocate on behalf of the wounded for a process that is trustworthy and safe, and above reproach—and do it in the spirit of love. You have trained for this.”
Tuma concluded by telling her former colleagues, “Who knows—perhaps you’re there ‘for such a time as this.’”
 staffers wore strips of red tape inscribed with the word “TRUTH” over their mouths as they staged a silent protest in the IHOPKC prayer room Tuesday morning (Nov. 28).){kind=link}