DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE - A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
The issue of Domestic Violence is one that the Fixing Her Eyes team is committed to keeping front and centre until the church is a safe place for all. You can find our frequently updated section on Domestic and Family Violence here
"He has told you, human one, what is good and what the Lord requires from you: to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God." Micah 6.8
"Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed." Isaiah 1.17
Read stories sent to us from survivors here
In 2017 Fixing Her Eyes joins the Centre for Public Christianity in calling for a comprehensive independent research study into Domestic Violence within Conservative Evangelical Institutions in Australia: Link
ARTICLES RELATING TO DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ON FIXING HER EYES
I didn’t leave my husband; I made the decision not to allow sin to take root in my home (Anonymous):
Divorce - What the Bible Really Says (Rev Dr Michael Jensen):
This is my Body Broken (Rev Dr Hannah Craven):
A Review: Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife (Dr Tamie Davis):
6 Ways to Walk Alongside People who commit acts of Family Violence (Kylie Maddox Pidgeon):
I am the 1 in 5 (Anonymous):
Praying for an End to Violence Against Women - White Ribbon Day and Related Occasions:
5 ways to support someone experiencing Family Violence (Kylie Maddox Pigeon):
10 ways the church can better Prevent and Respond to Family Violence (Kylie Maddox Pidgeon):
Complementarianism and Family Violence (Kylie Maddox Pidgeon):
The shared dynamics of Power and Control (Kylie Maddox Pidgeon):
Specific help for victims of family and domestic violence (Anonymous):
Bathsheba’s “other” David: The Marginalization of Women, and Christ as Answer (Dr Tanya Riches):
Gender Inequality, Domestic Violence and the Church (Kylie Maddox Pidgeon)
At the Threshold. (Rev Dr Hannah Craven)
A Response from a Survivor. (Anonymous)
The God I Don't Like (Dr Tamie Davis)
Musings From My Therapy Room (Kylie Maddox Pidgeon)
What About The Children? (Julie Nixon)
Sex, Consent, and #MeToo (Rachel Neary)
Speak Your Truth. Church, Are You Listening (Bree Mills)
Women's Shame (Moyra Dale)
Christianity and the Credibility of the Women's Testimony (Geoff Broughton)
Why Can't Christians Just Agree for the Sake of Church Unity? (Louisa Macout)
Me Too. When Women are Prey (Rev Dr Megan Powell du Toit)
Abuse the Church Didn't See (Philippa Cleal)
Intimite Partner Violence, Male Headship, and reading 1 Timothy 2:13 (Dr Lyn Kidson)
EXTERNAL ARTICLES
Dr Julia Baird & Hayley Gleeson: Australian church leaders call for urgent response to domestic violence:
Dr Julia Baird: 'Submit to your husbands': Women told to endure domestic violence in the name of God
Dr Johanna Harris-Tyler Submission to your husband is a dangerous doctrine
Rev Paul Perini:
Dr Julia Baird Doctrine of headship a distortion of the gospel message of mutual love and respect
Dr Julia Baird: The church must confront domestic abuse
Rev. Dr John Dickson & Dr Natasha Moore: The church must confront domestic abuse
Kylie Maddox Pidgeon speaks with Julia Baird on ABC Radio: Church enabling and concealing domestic violence: Advocates
ABC 7.30 Report (video and transcript):
Dr Michael Bird: The Scourge of Domestic Violence in the Church
Anglican Assistant Bishop Rev Dr Tim Harris: Pastoral Issues and Responses to Domestic Violence within the Church
Rev Michael Paget (sermon): The Church and Family and Domestic Violence (Mark 10:32-45)
Baptist Church (Rev Graeme Anderson) 'We have a serious problem': Baptist Church apologises to domestic violence victims
Presbyterian minister, Nathan Campbell: Domestic Violence, the ABC, and the Spirit of the Reformation
FAITH BASED RESOURCES WE RECOMMEND
Baptist Churches of South Australia and Northern Territory Resources:
Common Grace: SAFER Resources & the first part of a 3 part series by Rev Erica Hammence:
Sydney Anglican Church Resources
Family and domestic violence support services:
1800 Respect national helpline: 1800 737 732
Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811
Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491
Lifeline (24 hour crisis line): 131 114
Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277