Faith Communities, Faith Leaders

You can:

• Talk openly and often about domestic violence from the pulpit, in classes, and other formal dialogs at your place of worship.

• Make domestic violence information available throughout your place of worship, in bulletins, in bathrooms, on bulletin boards.

• Create discussion throughout your organization in adult and children.s programs about where to turn for help.

• Sponsor learning opportunities through video and discussion program, Broken Vows, from FaithTrust Institute.

• Find religious text reference for worshipers who need to address family violence in the context of their faith.

Resources for Faith Communities, Faith Leaders

Programs and Training

• For clergy and religious leaders . www.faithtrustinstitute.org/index.php?p=Domestic+Violence+%26+Child+Abuse&s=22

• .Domestic Violence: What Churches Can Do. . www.faithtrustinstitute.org/index.php?p=Domestic+Violence&s=115

Materials

• Domestic violence church bulleting insert . www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/dvawarenessinsert.pdf

• Youth group video series, .Love . All That and More. . www.faithtrustinstitute.org/index.php?p=Love+%96+All+That+and+More&s=124

• Videos, etc. www.faithtrustinstitute.org/index.php?p=Resource+Catalog&s=4