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?”
***** Please do not distribute without permission (contact office@agapecoc.com for permissions). Do you live in the Portland/Vancouver area and need help? Thhe PDF below has a list of abuse resources in our area.t
- Resource List (Updated on Agape Page)
- Faith Based in Portland ARMS,
- Verizon Wireless Hope Line
2018 Fall Trainings:
- October–November = Exodus Narrative Group for Survivors (TBD–Meets at Gateway DV Drop In Center)
- Freedom Sunday = September 23
- September–November = IPV training in Portland houseless villages
- October 10 = Fall IPV Training for Faith Based Providers
- November 13-15 = Flint,MI; Working with Churches and IPV (National BMSCI Conference)
- Nov 17-19 = Poverty, Abuse, and Agape–Denver, CO (National SBL/AAR Conference)
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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