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SAFER Resource for your church
SAFER is a brand new online resource produced to help churches support and prioritise victims of domestic and family violence, and know how to deal with perpetrators.
Read moreErica Hamence identifies 10 things that will need to change for Christian communities to be safer places.
As we long for a safer church, what will it take to see that happen?
Research shows that the task of changing culture takes a long time, yet we need to know where we’re going and how we’re going to get there.
Erica Hamence identifies 10 things that will need to change for Christian communities to be safer places.
Over the next weeks we will flesh out these changes with suggestions and resources for how we can start making the progress we need.
However, one thing will remain constant: the need for prayer.
Let us continue to pray to God that He does the deeper work of changing each of our hearts in every way needed: for courage, for those who need that; for humility, for those who need that; for repentance, where it’s needed; and for eyes to see where God is leading us.
Erica Hamence is the Common Grace Domestic & Family Violence Spokesperson. Erica is an Associate Minister at Barney's Anglican Church in Sydney.
SAFER is a brand new online resource produced to help churches support and prioritise victims of domestic and family violence, and know how to deal with perpetrators.
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Erica Hamence identifies 10 things that will need to change for Christian communities to be safer places.