Check out the 2010 Summer Webinar Series, Walking Together with Women of Diverse Faith Traditions. Learn more.
Featured ResourcesPastoral Care for Domestic Violence - Jewish - Special Summer PriceCase Studies for Clergy Read more... What Islam Says About Domestic ViolenceA Guide for Helping Muslim Families Read more... Conservando La Fe - Special Summer Price for Quantity of 20Una Guia Para Mujeres Cristianas Victimas del Abuso Read more... Healing the Sexually Abused HeartA Workbook for Survivors, Thrivers, and Supports Read more... |
Upcoming TrainingWhat Advocates Need to Know: Working with Muslim Women
Aug 18, 2010
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This informative webinar will help you better understand the intersections of cultural context, religious beliefs and domestic violence. Read more... Healthy Boundaries for Clergy and Spiritual Teachers
Oct 25, 2010
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Oct 26, 2010
This training will prepare you to train others on healthy boundary issues for clergy and spiritual teachers using A Sacred Trust curriculum. Read more... |
What's NewPromoting Clergy Ethics in Historically Black Theological Schools2011 Seminary Project Think Tank Read more... Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rabbi Mark Dratch Make Top 50 Influential American Rabbis ListFaithTrust Institute board secretary and colleague in the top 50 Read more... |
Recent Blog Posts
Boys to Men
A baseball game is a place where boys are socialized to become men. And in a world where men’s violence against women is rampant, it is worth considering as a place to work on changing the norm of violence against women. Help the Seattle Mariners win a $200,000 Pepsi Refresh Project grant to support domestic violence work!
Dear Pope: Off Track Again?
I realize it has been a bad week for you and the Vatican. First, the Belgian police raid the offices of the Belgian Council of Bishops and remove records of sexual abuse investigations. You condemn this action by the police, expressing concern for the confidentiality of victims’ records. With all due respect, is it really the victims’ records you are worried about or the accused priests’ records?
Rape Victim Apologizes to Church?
That’s right. In 1997, a fifteen-year-old girl was raped (allegedly) by Ernest Willis, an adult church member. As a result, she became pregnant. She was instructed by her pastor, Chuck Phelps, to come before the church, confess, and apologize for getting pregnant, and then she was kicked out of Trinity Baptist Church in Concord, NH.
