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15 Years Later: Where Have We Come In Addressing IPV in Faith Communities?
Ron Clark Agape Church of Christ
15 Years Later: Where Have We Come In Addressing IPV in Faith - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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15 Years Later: Where Have We Come In Addressing IPV in Faith Communities? Ron Clark Agape Church of Christ www.agapecoc.com Need More Intimate Partner Violence Resources In the Beginning Problem Clergy were uninformed
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In the Beginning…
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Problem
– Clergy were uninformed and unprepared to help families in IPV – Results – Women sent back to abuser – Victim Blaming – No Divorce – Siding with the Abuser
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WHAT DID WE DO?
- Trainings
- Services
- Education
- Collaboration
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ISSUES WE FACED
- Resistance to addressing abuse
- Forgiveness vs Repentance (siding with the bully)
- Embracing the power and control wheel
- Growth of grass roots groups within faith
communities and those outside faith groups
- Allowing us to do the work
- Rethinking our faith, theology, and practice
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How We Did It
ARMS, NW Family Life, CADV, Faith Trust Institute,
PASCH
Seminaries Writing, publishing, collaboration with other agencies
- Local non-profit
- Government
- Academic Communities
“Sandals on the Ground” = found others doing the
same things
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Where Are We Now?
We Know That People Are Aware!
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Where Are We Now?
We Know That People Are Aware! But…
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Change Is Happening?
Sojourners and Back 2 School
Campaign/seminaries
Faith Trust Institute/NW Family Life Academic Arena—publications,
presentations, cross-disciplines
Area Domestic Violence Trainings
for Clergy = Large number of advocates and collaboration
ARMS, Marriage Team, Individual
Counselors, Area Seminaries
Collaboration/Partnerships
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I BELIEVE NONE OF THESE THINGS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED A COUPLE DECADES AGO AND EACH REFLECTS AN INCREASED AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF DV AS WELL AS A WILLINGNESS TO ACTIVELY INTERVENE WITH IT. SO WHILE THERE IS CERTAINLY MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE, THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A POSITIVE SHIFT.
- DR. CHRIS HUFFINE, ALLIES IN CHANGE
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We have been invited to be a part of a lot of different
- committees. Yet, being a faith based organization, we
have experience a negative bias which has affected referrals to our agency. This is with both our free recovery and our intervention services. Obviously, this is not everyone but we hear from clients that community partners have tried to discourage them from coming to us even when the client had requested ARMS.
Stacey Womack, ARMS
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Rethinking Our Theology
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TENSSSSSSSSSSSSSSIONS
Working with marriages, divorce, and
reconciliation
Limits of orthodoxy—orthopraxis and
associated issues
Diversity within faith communities Victim or Survivor? Listening to females and vulnerable others
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Future Issues to Address
Misogyny—not just hatred of females… Theology of Repentance and Healthy Forgiveness Healthy Relationships not just “Abuse” Intersection of Sex Industry/trafficking, gendered
violence, misogyny, pornography, etc….
Counter-cultural views of males, masculinity, boys,
and spirituality
A more “prophetic” stance against IPV
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“I feel like we have been doing this long enough that we are getting the next generation coming to us.”
Stacey Womack, ARMS
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How? Collaborate… Collaborate… Collaborate… Collaborate…
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15 Years Later: Where Have We Come With Addressing IPV in Faith Communities?
Ron Clark rclark@agapecoc.com Agape Church of Christ