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Understand why victims don’t report abuse to the ecclesia.
We hold dearly to a dangerous misconception - that our ecclesias are easy to approach about a problem. I have had arranging brothers say...
Feb 8, 20174 min read
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What is domestic abuse: men can be victims too
The Hear Believe Act Project is about encouraging and exhorting us all to open up the discussion of domestic abuse in the Christadelphian...
Feb 7, 20175 min read
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What not to say: "Why haven’t you left him already?"
Survivors and victims of domestic violence suffer repeated tidal waves of fear-inducing threats and abuse. Unless we have been in this...
Feb 5, 20173 min read
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What can we do about domestic abuse? Avoiding revictimisation - “Go and sin not”
It was the Scribes and Pharisees that brought before our Lord a woman caught in the very act of adultery. We know the story well, but...
Jan 30, 20174 min read
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What can we do about domestic abuse? See it for what it is
Making changes to tackle the problem of domestic abuse in our midst needs to start with understanding and accepting the reality of sin....
Jan 28, 20172 min read
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What can we do about domestic abuse? Accept that the problem is real and all too common in our broth
Christ said, “by their fruits you will know them”. We have not always discerned the fruits. In hindsight perhaps there was a detectable...
Jan 27, 20172 min read
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How does domestic abuse hide in the ecclesia?
Domestic abuse remains hidden by cycles of abuse with phases of ‘reconciliation’ and calm. In the reconciliation phase the abuser...
Jan 25, 20172 min read
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What can we do about domestic abuse? Believe the victim
A person who has disclosed they are abused has climbed a mountain of shame against an ill-wind: the belief they will neither be believed...
Jan 25, 20172 min read
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