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Abuse is hiding in our churches. Our women and children are being wounded and even dying in their homes by those who have committed to love and protect them. Domestic violence is present in families you would never suspect from the most-respected to the least noticed, even the family sitting near you in church. Women are told God hates divorce, learn to submit, pray more, turn the other cheek, look at the plank in their own eye first, forgive 70 times 7. By giving such advice to women living in abusive relationships, well-intentioned church leaders are sending women and children back into dangerous, possibly deadly situations. In The Church's Response to Domestic Violence, a guide based on scriptural truth, church leaders will learn the complexities of the dynamics of domestic violence who abuses and who is abused the effects of violence in the home the dangers of couples counseling how to respond to disclosures of abuse why she keeps going back why she doesn't just leave We need our clergy and church leaders to reject the false ideologies that put God's children at risk and equip the Church to be the clear voice of hope and healing for families.

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Author, speaker, and domestic violence survivor, Dr. Char has been an advocate for women and children for over 15 years. She understands the complexities associated with intimate partner violence and the unique support needed to help women affected by abusive relationships. As a respected speaker, Dr. Char provides domestic violence training and education to secular and faith-based organizations. She also serves as the voice of victims on local panels and committees. Dr. Char has earned a dual doctorate and continues to provide advocacy services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. She is committed to raising up other survivors, caring individuals, and faith-based groups as advocates to ensure no victim has to suffer the effects of abuse alone. In her continued efforts to help others, she has also written a Bible study specifically for victims entitled I’m Not That Woman Anymore: A Journey to Healing from Abuse. The author resides outside St. Louis.

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