The following resources are for research in addressing domestic abuse and the OCADSV conference in Sunriver, OR: Powerpoint Slides = “15 Years Later: Where Have We Come With Addressing IPV in Faith Communities?”
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- Resource List (Updated on Agape Page)
- Faith Based in Portland ARMS,
- Verizon Wireless Hope Line
2019 Spring and Summer Trainings:
- March 20 = Faith Based IPV “Digging Into the Text” PDF now available–Portland Central Nazarene
- April 2: Misogyny and Sex Trafficking: Kells Irish Pub
- April 13: Agape Village Fundraiser
- April-May: Biblical Narrative Group for Survivors
- June 2-16: Faith Based IPV Training in Cali, Colombia, South America
- June 25: Northwest Justice Conference–Creating Safe and Sacred Spaces
Safe and Sacred Spaces Sermon Series
Agape Domestic Abuse Ministry Website AMFM Website for more reading Cycle of Abuse and Wheel Packet Articles on the Web:
- Interview with Agape Minister Ron Clark on teaching and addressing domestic violence
- Wineskins issue on Abuse and the Church (Boys will be boys?) (Abuse and the Church)
- Earl Doesn’t Have to Die
- The Rape of Dinah: Genesis 34 and Sexual Violence
- Engaging Men Project
Books by Ron Clark, Agape Church of Christ
- The God of Second Chances, (Review by Gerda de Villiers at RBL)
- Setting the Captives Free, (Review by OPC)
- Freeing the Oppressed, (Review by Christianity Today)
- Am I Sleeping With the Enemy?
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