EMPowered to protect – protecting the vulnerable and resisting abuse

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We encourage you to invite those in your church, your organization, and your neighborhood to join you to watch the Empowered to Protect Webinar. Use our discussion guide to learn from each other and build a larger culture of Tov.

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Discussion Guide

Use this guide to engage in conversation with your community as you watch the training together.

Resources for Taking the Next Step

A Church Called Tov

GRACE – Godly Response to Abuse in Christian Environments

Into Account

Dos and Don’ts

Become a trauma-informed community

domestic violence awareness – marjaree mason center

Trauma healing institute

Beginning the Conversation

Help Your Community Understand the Need for A Discussion About Preventing Abuse In Christian Communities

Follow Me Home – a Sermon by Christa Wiens

View our collection of resources for churches who wish to address trafficking and exploitation.

Further Online Resources

Mennonite Abuse Project

rethinking scorecards

Trauma-informed practices: samhsa

tov resources

lori anne thompson

Books

A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing

by Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer

The Child Safeguarding Policy Guide for Churches and Ministires

by Basyle Tchvidjian and Shira Berkovits

Something’s Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse and Freeing Yourself From Its Power

by Wade Mullen

Organizational Culture and Leadership

by Peter Schein

This Little Light: Beyond a Baptist Preacher Predator and His Gang

by Christa Brown

Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church

by Diane Langberg

IF YOU OR SOMEONE
YOU KNOW IS:

Not getting paid for their labor
Not free to change employers
Being controlled by someone else
Being forced to do something they don’t want to do
Has been cheated into payment of debt upon arrival

You, he, or she may be a victim of human trafficking and eligible for free assistance.

Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888.373.7888 for more information. Or, text INFO or HELP to BEFREE (233733)

Contact us at 559.725.1865 for support, resources, and consultation. You can also contact the Fresno Police Tip Line at 559. 621.5950

REPORT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTip Report

REPORT TO THE F.B.I.

F.B.I. Electronic Tip Form