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:
- October: Online Biblical Narratives Group for Survivors Leaving the Sex Industry.
- October 11 = Training for Concordia University Nursing Students
- October 17: Safe and Sacred Spaces IPV Training (Vancouver, WA)
- Agape Annual IPV Awareness Sunday
- Nov 24: “Traumatized with the Prophets.” San Diego, CA
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:
- Slavic Family Ministry Streaming Video with Minister Ron Clark (Russian and English)
- 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?
- New Release—Освобождение от насилия —Am I Sleeping With the Enemy (Russian Translation)
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