Christ-centered advocacy

 

* Black,M.C., Basile,K.C., Breiding, M.J., Smith, S.G., Walters, M.L., Merrick, M.T., Chen, J., & Stevens, M.R. (2011). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey(NISVS): 2010 Summary Report. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury and Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Conversation. Education. Action.

Conversation. Education. Action.

House of Faith and Freedom offers unique, faith-based training that empowers individuals, ministries, and churches to address intimate partner violence and support survivors throughout the healing process.

Minimizing is a tactic that abusive individuals use to make their abusive behaviors seem smaller or less egregious than they really are. Often minimization happens when an abuser cannot deny that an event happened, so instead, they will make it seem
Language is powerful, and sometimes we inadvertently wield it in a way that causes harm. Listen to the rest of Heidi’s story over on the Seeking Sanctuary: House to Heart podcast (available on Apple and Spotify). This was our last episode of
When someone finds out that a close friend or family member has been experiencing abuse, often the first question they ask is “why didn’t you say anything sooner?” And let us just say, there are SO many reasons that a victim/survi
Do You Want a Safer Church and Community? House of Faith and Freedom’s Introductory Course on Christ-centered advocacy provides a unique, biblically-based framework for churches and faith-communities to appropriately handle situations of intim
One of the first advocacy skills I teach is active listening. There is SO much value in listening to someone’s story, in holding space for them to grieve and hurt and be angry. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just be quiet, just be prese
One of the most common forms of intimate partner violence is verbal abuse. Verbal abuse is a form of emotional abuse where someone uses their words to manipulate, humiliate, belittle, dominate, ridicule, or otherwise control and demean their partner.