If only this book weren't needed. If only men and women didn't beat their partners. If only spouses didn't cruelly manipulate and control. If only people didn't bully elderly relatives . . .  
  
Most incidents go under the radar, and it is estimated that only around a third come to the attention of the police.  
  
This book goes right to the heart of the matter: the human heart. We see how to walk with sufferers and apply the Bible to everyday-life situations. We learn how to do 'one anothering' in our churches and communities.  
  
While offering practical help, the author focuses strongly on lasting solutions that are achieved only through God's power.

Helen Thorne

Series preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section 1 1 Hidden realities

2 People or objects?

3 The hopelessness trap

4 What is God like?

Section 2 5 Stay or go?

6 Pursuing change

7 Speaking of a bigger God

8 Changing mirrors

Section 3 9 Into the light

10 Brand-new lives

11 Looking to the future

12 Fallout and freedom

Postscript

Appendix A: Disclosure of abuse flow chart

Appendix B: Sample domestic abuse notice

Appendix C: Prayers for the abused

Appendix D: Useful resources and organizations

Notes

__If only this book weren't needed. If only men and women didn't beat their partners. If only spouses didn't cruelly manipulate and control. If only people didn't bully elderly relatives...__

Most incidents go under the radar, and it is estimated that only around a third come to the attention of the police.

This book goes right to the heart of the matter: the human heart. We see how to walk with sufferers and apply the Bible to everyday-life situations. We learn how to do 'one anothering' in our churches and communities.

While offering practical help, the author focuses strongly on lasting solutions that are achieved only through God's power.

Equips and empowers church leaders (and others) to deal with a massive, but hidden, problem prevalent in churches and wider communities, offering lasting solutions and genuine hope.

Tragically, the police receive a call about domestic abuse every minute. This is a hidden and terrifying phenomenon, sadly prevalent in churches as well as the wider community. Spouses, partners, parents and (older) children are the perpetrators. The aim is to bring victims to a place of freedom, peace and hope. There is a way out and they can find real hope in Christ.

Helen Thorne is the Director of Training and Mentoring at London City Mission. Before that she was on the editorial team at The Good Book Company. She has an MA in Applied Theology through which she studied the biblical mandate to welcome refugees and asylum seekers. As an experienced biblical counsellor she undertakes counselling for a range of church and parachurch organizations where she has a particular interest in standing alongside those who struggle with eating disorders, self-harm and domestic abuse. She is trustee of Biblical Counselling UK, edits their blog and, as a representative, has a regular column in Evangelicals Now. She is passionate about evangelism and at church leads an evangelistic Bible study for women with English as a second language. She worships at Dundonald Church, a plant of Emmanuel, Wimbledon, London.

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