Common Grace has marked the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence with a number of series that have invited our movement to learn more about the basics of Domestic and Family Violence (sharing statistics about the prevalence of abuse, characteristics of DFV, who is affected, and how), joining in prayer and going deeper in exploring how we can respond.
These series have been developed and shared to coincide with the global '16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence' which runs every year from 25 November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day).
In 2024 we will be sharing a daily email series focused on 'Confronting Coercive Control: Equipping Christian community to recognise and respond'. This series will feature diverse contributors from across the church who have experience in advocating for and working in spaces responding to Domestic and Family Violence. We look forward to opening registrations for this 2024 series soon!
If you're interested in creating spaces for safety and healing in our churches, and our world, please explore the daily reflections and prayer guides shared as part of our previous series below.
2019 - Foundations for Christian Action
As part of our series in 2019, we changed focus to something foundational. We raised questions (and offered answers) on how cultures of violence are formed in our society and even our churches. But, importantly, we also offered reflections, from church works and members, as well as experts, on how they can be changed.
2015 - 16 Days of Prayer
This series invited our movement to commit time to learning about and praying for an end to Family & Domestic Violence, and go deeper in engaging with and responding to this issue.