It's sad that the shooting happened. My heart and prayers go out to this family.
But one thing this has done is create interest in Domestic Violence. We are a referral agency in a small rural area in Tennessee. Last weekend we helped 3 people find shelter, took a large percentage increase in calls and have had extra visitors wanting information. At least one church asked for cards to distribute among the congregation.
The difference this time in the visitors is that nearly all have shared a Christian background. This almost never happens. In the churches in which I speak women always contact us afterwards. This is the first time we've had this many people with this particular background seeking support. I've also received several emails from pastor's wives.
Those who serve God should know that abuse is against Christian teachings. All of us should join together to put an end to family violence in all forms. The Bible should never be mis-used to put or keep a victim under any human's control by any means either physical or emotional.
Batterers come from all professions. We don't take comfort thinking of pastors as abusers. Coming to terms with that is hard! What we can take comfort in is being educated about the cycle, being aware and supporting programs that help victims - and batterers.
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Hi Gayle,
I'm Cris from raperecovery2 group.
I read carefully your post and I'm happy that something is moving about the matter of domestic violence there.
I wish that the situation would be different here in Italy too but the change is very hard because this is a country still most male - based. You know I'm a victim of domestic violence and this situation hurts me much.
I tried to talk about this matter here with some persons but it's really difficult; there are still persons who blame the victims of domestic violence because they keep staying with their abusers.
Hope the future will bring a new society who looks at the need of all the victims.
By the way Happy Easter.
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