Ministry

Content

• Paying Attention to Abuse
• Definitional Issues
• History and Context
• Abuse & the Life Span
  • Prenatal and Infant Abuse
  • Abuse in Childhood
  • Abuse in Adolescence
  • Abuse in Adulthood
  • Elder Abuse
  • Observations/Questions
• A Closer Look at:
  • Clerical Abuse
  • Self harm
  • Spiritual Abuse
  • Verbal & Emotional Abuse
• About Abusers
• About the Abused
• Effects of Abuse
  • Effect On Abused Persons
  • Effect On Abusers
  • Effect On Family Members
  • Effect on Family Dynamics
• Recovery from Abuse
  • Core Issues
  • A Stages Model
  • An Integration Model
  • A Relational Model
• Spirituality in Recovery
  • Spiritual Distress
  • Spiritual Anorexia
• Biblical Issues
  • Old Testament Overview
  • N.T. Overview: Gospels
  • Texts Abusers Abuse
  • Potentially helpful texts
• Theological Issues
  • Conversion
  • Ecclesiology
  • Feelings
  • Forgiveness
  • Formal & Experiential Theology
  • Giving and Receiving
  • Good Self or Bad Self?
  • Obedience/Submission
  • Speed
• Ministry
  • Vicarious Trauma & Self Care
  • Preaching
  • Worship
  • Things a Church Can Do