Responding to abuse in Christian homes :

Responding to abuse in Christian homes : a challenge to churches and their leaders / edited by Nancy Nason-Clark, Catherine Clark Kroeger, and Barbara Fisher-Townsend. - Eugene. Or. : Wipf & Stock Publishers , 2011. - xiv, 248 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

pt. 1. The call to peace and safety. Gratitude / Robert Pynn -- Let us grow up unto Him in all things / Catherine Clark Kroeger -- The shepherd's conduct : putting Scripture into practice / Robert Owens -- Calling the evangelical church to truth : domestic violence and the gospel / Steven R. Tracy -- "Changing men, changing lives" : calling men to peace / Barbara Jones-Schroyer, Ty Schroyer -- Calling women to safety / Cathy Holtmann -- "Peace upon this house" : issues of submission and substance / Catherine Clark Kroeger -- Calling disciples to accountability / Jacqueline Dyer -- pt. 2. Barriers to peace and safety. The road within / Robert Pynn -- Acting abusively in the household of faith / Nancy Nason-Clark, Barbara Fisher-Townsend -- The needs of immigrant families / Victoria Fahlberg, Anjuli Ferreira-Fahlberg -- Notes from the pastor's office / Terry Atkinson, Steve McMullin -- Notes from the shelter / Julie A. Owens -- pt. 3. Removing the barriers and bringing peace. Stained glass / Robert Pynn -- Peace, peace where there is no peace : looking past flimsy whitewashed walls / Catherine Clark Kroeger -- Finding their voices and speaking out : research amongst women of faith in Western Canada / Irene Sevcik ... [et al.] -- Learning from victim voices : defining the church as a "safe" place for abuse response / René Drumm, Marciana Popescu, Laurie Cooper -- Resources for pastors and church people : the RAVE Project / Cathy Holtmann, Barbara Fisher-Townsend -- Building bridges between clergy and community-based professionals / Nancy Nason-Clark ... [et al.] -- Seminary students and domestic violence : applying sociological research / Steve McMullin, Nancy Nason-Clark -- Conclusion / Nancy Nason-Clark, Catherine Clark Kroeger, and Barbara Fisher-Townsend.

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Church work with dysfunctional families.
Family violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Church work with abused women.
Abused children--Pastoral counseling of.
Family violence--Biblical teaching.
Wife abuse--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Child abuse--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BV 4438.5 / .R47 2011

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