Thursday Thought — Resource Highlight: Domestic Abuse Training for (busy) Pastors
twbtc ♦ 7th July 2016 ♦ 2 Comments
We want to draw attention to a training resource for pastors and church leaders: Domestic Abuse Training for (busy) Pastors: An outline for self-directed learners. This resource was created by Barbara Roberts and can be found on our Resources page under the subheading Training Materials. This PDF is an excellent introduction to a biblical response to domestic abuse — a topic that most seminaries fail to address.
The Table of Contents includes
- A word about secular resources
- Understanding abusers
- Myths
- Be prepared for the ‘yuck factor”
- Understanding and responding to victim/survivors
- Making abusers accountable and behaviour change programs
- Understanding the situation of children
- Understanding Risk and Making Safety Plans
- Couple Counselling?
- Understanding what the Bible says about Domestic Abuse:
- Submission and Headship
- Forgiveness
- Suffering
- Protection Orders — can you take a brother to court?
- Separation and Divorce
- The Mandate of the Church
- Church Programs and Policies
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Barb, this resource list is helpful. Thank you. Dr. Phil Monroe’s PTSD Instruction entitled, Making the Church a Safe Place, is well worth listening to:
Making the Church a Safe Place [This link was broken. We have updated the link and added the information (below) from the ACFJ Video & Audio Resources page. Editors.]
From the ACFJ Video & Audio Resources page:
Yes, BSD, this is also a great resource! Thanks for mentioning it.
Phil Monroe along with his colleague, Diane Langberg, have a number of videos that are very good. In addition to Monroe’s “Making the Church a Safe Place”, Langberg has a series on narcissism and counseling victims of domestic abuse.
Links to all these resources and more can be found on our Resources page under Video & Audio.