Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
guidance for family members, friends, volunteers and pastors who want to effectively help victims, risk assessment & safety planning
Many abuse-prevention materials are reproducing the problem. They’re making the abuse invisible, they're reducing the responsibility of the offender, shifting blame to the victim, and minimizing the harm done by interpersonal violence.
I was pleased to be interviewed by ARMS (Abuse Recovery Ministry Services). I also had a little trepidation because this was the first interview I've done after recovering from burnout. But the interviewer, Julie Bonn Blank, was wonderful. She asked good questions and was kind and patient with my sometimes long answers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AenLlE76nc In the… Continue reading Barbara Roberts interviewed by Abuse Recovery Ministry Services (ARMS)
Saiko Woods has interviewed me about the church's responsibility to respond to domestic abuse, and how John MacArthur and Grace Community Church (GCC) treated Eileen Gray and David Gray. In the interview, Saiko asked me six questions. I've put time stamps for where each question occurs in the video. What contributing factors were involved in… Continue reading John MacArthur’s bad shepherding and how churches respond to domestic abuse.
If you feel like you are walking on eggshells... ....you may be suffering from domestic abuse, which is persistent or recurrent behaviour by an intimate partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological damage, or causes the victim to live in fear. It is not just marital conflict over particular issues (which can be conflict between… Continue reading Are you walking on eggshells?
The book of Malachi, tucked away at the end of the Old Testament, contains a gem of a verse (sentence) that gives the lie to the idea that people should not divorce but endure abuse in marriage. Abuse campaigner Barbara Roberts has released an academic paper on this verse – and Eternity News thinks her… Continue reading The Bible verse that supports victims of domestic abuse – John Sandeman, Eternity News
When survivors of abuse tell their stories, it helps other survivors learn and grow. Back in 2018 we published a guest post For the Kingdom! – A survivor of domestic abuse tells her story. She used a different pseudonym then. She set up a blog called Hadassah's Legacy, but she has now removed the blog and… Continue reading For the Kingdom! — Hadassah Lily Darling’s abuse story
A Cry For Justice 