A communion liturgy for domestic violence awareness for use on World Communion Sunday or during a service of remembrance and healing.
A service of remembrance: where healing begins for victims of domestic violence.
Domestic violence cuts across all social and cultural borders – race, economic class, education, age, etc. That means that violence is probably taking place in some family in every one of our churches.
Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN) provides this resource. What if members and leaders of a congregation discovered that an ordained church officer (pastors, elder or deacon) was charged with domestic violence in his or her family? What are the issues that need to be worked through and addressed by the community of faith?
Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN) provides help for new pastors confronting domestic violence situations in a congregation.
Couple counseling is not a viable therapeutic tool for use in violent family relationships.
Guidelines for pastors, rabbis, imams and other reliqious leaders
What are the dos and don’ts in responding to victims and perpetrators? Knowing the basics provided in this tip sheet by the Faith Trust Institute may save a life.
Plan example from Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, Black Mountain, N.C.
The religious communities provide a safe haven for women and families in need. In addition, they exhort society to share compassion and comfort with those afflicted by the tragedy of domestic violence. Leaders of the religious community have identified actions to create a unified response to violence against women.
This chart, originally developed by the Domestic Violence Intervention Project, Duluth, Minnesota, describes the methods that a perpetrator employs to dominate a victim.