Recent Resources and Partnerships
Erin Martine Sessions, from our Domestic & Family Violence team, reports on progress being made in the prevention of Domestic and Family Violence.
Preventable Blindsides - by Erin Martine Sessions
Erin Martine Sessions, our new Domestic Violence Team Lead, writes about equipping Christian Leaders to prevent and respond to domestic and family violence.
Part 3: Why don't we listen to victims?
Erica Hamence challenges our practice of listening to victims in the third of a three-part series on domestic violence in the Australian church.
Part 2: What is your church’s culture of power?
Erica Hamence explores the culture of power in our churches in the second of a three-part series on domestic violence in the Australian church.
Part 1: Do theological debates around headship and submission add to or obscure safety?
Erica Hamence begins a three-part series reflecting on how the Australian church responds to domestic and family violence.
Unconscious Incompetence - Domestic Violence and the Church
Paula Glassborow reflects on her professional and church experiences working with people experiencing family violence, and calls us to acknowledge what we don’t yet know, and commit to learning more.
Share The Dignity
Share the Dignity is a fantastic opportunity to contribute in a seemingly small way to make a profound difference to women and mothers staying in shelters and refuges. Read about one Caseworker's experience of care packages
We must lament
Common Grace supporter Emma Pitman shares how #MeToo calls us to hear, lament, and respond.
“We have failed you”
Recognising where the Church has failed victims of domestic and family violence is the first step our churches must take in addressing this national problem. But it is not the only step.
How to find healing if you are a victim of abuse
Erica Hamence outlines some resources for healing if you are – or know – a victim or survivor of domestic and family violence.