Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse: A Guide toward Protection, Refuge, and Hope
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse is a comprehensive, Christ-centered response to the spiritual, emotional, and physical harm that domestic abuse causes to the abused spouse, the abusive spouse, and their children.
Written by an experienced team of biblical counselors, Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse editor Chris Moles and contributors Darby Strickland, Joy Forrest, Greg Wilson, Kirsten Christianson, and Beth Broom are all leaders in biblical domestic abuse ministry in the local church. Each chapter of the book provides a detailed overview of how to minister biblically and faithfully to both the abusers and the abused.
Topics addressed include the biblical and theological foundations for counseling each family member impacted by domestic abuse, direction on how to counsel the victims (spouse and children) and the abuser, and how to offer practical, actionable help to protect families from harm.
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- Provides a detailed overview of how to minister biblically to both the abusers and the abused.
- Includes the biblical and theological foundations for counseling.
- Outlines Common tactics of domestic abuse and a biblical response.
Chris Moles has assembled a team of people who are competent in their field, biblically faithful, and write with clarity and conviction. There's no abstracted theology here, but solid counsel from Scripture about how to navigate the complex world of abuse and serve the families it entangles. Read, pray, grieve the evil that is abuse, and move humbly to help those most in need.
--Jonathan D. Holmes, Executive Director, Fieldstone Counseling
This book is a practical resource for pastors, counselors, and individuals dedicated to fostering healing, restoration, and safety in the lives of those affected by domestic abuse. It gives insightful guidance on essential topics to help you respond with compassion, grace, and biblical wisdom. This book is a must-have for any helper!
--Eliza Huie, Director of Counseling, McLean Bible Church; licensed clinical and biblical counselor
This book is a crucial resource for pastors, church leaders, counselors, and caring helpers to navigate the often confusing and murky waters of domestic abuse. We must stop making the same mistakes. Lives are lost, women are harmed, and children are impacted. We must do better. This book will show you how.
--Leslie Vernick, Counselor; coach; speaker; author of The Emotionally Destructive Relationship and The Emotionally Destructive Marriage