{"product_id":"the-churchs-response-to-domestic-violence-9781952025488","title":"The Church’s Response to Domestic Violence","description":"\u003cb\u003eAbuse is hiding in our churches.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur women and children are being wounded and even dying in their homes by those who have committed to love and protect them. Domestic violence is present in families you would never suspect from the most-respected to the least noticed, even the family sitting near you in church. Women are told God hates divorce, learn to submit, pray more, turn the other cheek, look at the plank in their own eye first, forgive 70 times 7. By giving such advice to women living in abusive relationships, well-intentioned church leaders are sending women and children back into dangerous, possibly deadly situations.  \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn \u003ci\u003eThe Church’s Response to Domestic Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, a guide based on scriptural truth, church leaders will learn\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe complexities of the dynamics of domestic violence\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewho abuses and who is abused\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe effects of violence in the home \n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe dangers of couples counseling \n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow to respond to disclosures of abuse\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy she keeps going back\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy she doesn’t just leave\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\nWe need our clergy and church leaders to reject the false ideologies that put God’s children at risk and equip the Church to be the clear voice of hope and healing for families.","brand":"Dr. Char M. Newbold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281713410299,"sku":"9781952025488","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781952025488_217cb84b-81a5-4756-957a-4d7fff4314fa.jpg?v=1772488235","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-churchs-response-to-domestic-violence-9781952025488","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}