Safe Sanctuaries
Safe Sanctuaries Training
Break the silence. Stand against the injustice of abuse.
Research reveals that a significant portion of individuals experience violence in intimate partner relationships, with statistics indicating that 25% of women and 10% of men endure such violence. This leads to profound emotional, physical, and spiritual consequences. Therefore, many among your church’s congregants and broader community may have been impacted.
Our comprehensive 8-hour training is designed to empower pastors and leaders with the necessary tools to effectively minister to those who have suffered trauma due to the injustice of abuse. Throughout the training, we will develop a theology of abuse, explore the profound effects of trauma on victims and survivors, and examine strategies for collaborating with community advocates to foster holistic healing.
Participants will also learn sensitive and empathetic ways to respond to survivors who share their stories of abuse while acquiring best practices for offering both spiritual and practical support. We invite you to join us as we equip your church with the skills and wisdom needed to embody God’s shalom through healing and the creation of a safe space.
This in-person training facilitates an immersive and interactive learning experience with ministerial colleagues. To express your interest in participating, please complete the interest form below.
Upcoming Training
Safe Sanctuaries Training
Monday, January 26 | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
Chicago, Illinois
This intensive one-day training will equip you to pastor people who have experienced trauma from the injustice of abuse. We will develop a theology of abuse, talk about how trauma impacts victims and survivors, learn how to partner with advocates in our community to bring holistic healing, learn how to respond to victims who share their stories of abuse, and acquire best practices for providing spiritual and practical support. Pre-work is required. Cost: $25, lunch included.
Santuarios Seguros
Monday, January 26 | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
Chicago, Illinois
Esta capacitación intensiva de un día brindará herramientas para pastorear a personas que han experimentado el trauma de la injusticia del abuso. Desarrollaremos una teología del abuso, hablaremos sobre cómo el trauma impacta a las víctimas y sobrevivientes, aprenderemos a colaborar con defensores de nuestra comunidad para brindar sanidad integral, aprenderemos a responder a las víctimas que comparten sus historias de abuso y adquiriremos las mejores prácticas para brindar apoyo espiritual y práctico. Costo $25.
Advocacy for Victims of Abuse
Online Training
Resources
Sexual Violence Uncovered in the Bible
This four-session Bible study will help your small group or church community start or continue conversations about sexual abuse and its prevalence and reverberating effects in our society and churches. In an effort to engage various learning styles, we provide opportunities for you to read, listen, watch, and discuss in this study.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Webinar 2022
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we partnered with Sojourners to have a rich conversation around faith and advocacy for victims and survivors of abuse.
Child Abuse & Neglect
Use these brochures in your church and community to educate and bring awareness from a faith perspective on the topic of child abuse. These brochures also provide resources for further information and help. The digital flyer can be emailed or posted online.
Intimate Partner Violence
Use these brochures in your church and community to educate and bring awareness from a faith perspective on the topic of intimate partner violence. These brochures also provide resources for further information and help. The digital flyer can be emailed or posted online.
Evangelical Covenant Church Resolution against Domestic Violence
This resolution was adopted by the delegates to the 127th Covenant Annual Meeting to move beyond denial and disbelief and break the silence on domestic violence by acknowledging through teaching, preaching, and leadership the existence of domestic violence that occurs within our society and churches, and by encouraging victims and survivors to seek help and healing
