Sentences with phrase «of abuse survivors»

Not surprisingly, this church - centered response leads to devastating consequences in the life of the abuse survivor.

«Julie Ingersoll, a professor at the University of North Florida who studies evangelical communities, said mental isolation is key to abuse, and websites telling the stories of abuse survivors «completely undermine the power of abusers to convince their victims that it's their fault and that they're all alone.

I recently asked a group of abuse survivors what they considered to be a «Godly response to abuse».

Jill Hileman's post helped me immensely in understanding the very «technical meaning» of «safe» in case of abuse survivors trying to heal.

This week I think especially of abuse survivors who feel they have been orphaned by the Church, their oppression ignored, covered - up, and disbelieved, their cries for justice silenced.

In almost 20 years of addressing this issue, I have found that my heroes are the hundreds of abuse survivors God has privileged me to meet and serve in some small way on their journey.

This response to the SGM lawsuit speaks volumes about some of the harmful narratives that tend to emerge in Christian circles around abuse, narratives I've only recently learned to identify with the help of abuse survivors.

Another absolutely critical area is encouraging and assisting our churches to begin doing a much better job reaching out and serving the 20.5 percent or more of abuse survivors sitting in our midst.

On Sunday, a group of abuse survivors taped their mouths with red duct tape and gathered in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan in support of the Child Victims Act.

Briere (2002) stresses the importance of interpersonal difficulties as a common feature of abuse survivors.

This is the fifth post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the third post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the sixth post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the seventh post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the second post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the first post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the ninth post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the fourth post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

This is the tenth post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

Phil Frampton, of the abuse survivors» group Whiteflowers, said: «Goddard stepping down is another opportunity to finally get the child abuse inquiry on to the right track.