Creating a
Safe Place:
Encourage
to Change
Family Peacemaking Materials for Clergy, Lay Leaders, Staff & Laity
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Creating a
Safe Place: Family Peacemaking Materials for Clergy, Lay Leaders, Staff & Laity
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BOOK I: Faith Community Curriculum for Clergy and Lay Leaders BOOK II:
Family Violence: Helping Survivors and Abusers – A Manual for
Faith Communities BOOK III: Pastor’s Packet: Family Violence Awareness Materials for Pastors |
Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide information and suggestions to those individuals in faith communities who work on a personal basis with laity experiencing violence in the home. It is intended to provide suggested responses when identifying violent relationships. Research has shown that, while clergy stated their training in counseling was lacking, 84% had counseled survivors of violence in the home in the course of their pastoral work (Weaver, 1995). In one study of 1,000 women who were survivors of family violence, one- third of them received help from clergy and one-tenth of the batterers were counseled by clergy (Weaver, 1995). For your safety and the safety of others:
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