Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse: A Guide toward Protection, Refuge, and Hope by Chris Moles

About:

Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse is a comprehensive, Christ-centered response to the spiritual, emotional, and physical harm that domestic abuse causes to the abused spouse, the abusive spouse, and their children.

Written by an experienced team of biblical counselors, Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse editor Chris Moles and contributors Darby Strickland, Joy Forrest, Greg Wilson, Kirsten Christianson, and Beth Broom are all leaders in biblical domestic abuse ministry in the local church. Each chapter of the book provides a detailed overview of how to minister biblically and faithfully to both the abusers and the abused.

Topics addressed include the biblical and theological foundations for counseling each family member impacted by domestic abuse, direction on how to counsel the victims (spouse and children) and the abuser, and how to offer practical, actionable help to protect families from harm.

A field manual for pastors and counselors in domestic violence prevention, intervention, and education.
Common tactics of domestic abuse and a biblical response are outlined.
Key resource for the conservative evangelical church to understand and respond to this widespread problem.

Reviews:

"Like murky water, domestic abuse has a lot of suspended sediment that's hard to see through as you're trying to rescue people. What rescuers need is a way to see clearly and a plan to help. This book provides both a biblical framework and a practical strategy for helping hurting families."
Jeremy Pierre, Dean, The Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism, and Ministry and Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Biblical Counseling, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life; coauthor of When Home Hurts

"Chris Moles has assembled a team of people who are competent in their field, biblically faithful, and write with clarity and conviction. There's no abstracted theology here, but solid counsel from Scripture about how to navigate the complex world of abuse and serve the families it entangles. Read, pray, grieve the evil that is abuse, and move humbly to help those most in need."
Jonathan D. Holmes, Executive Director, Fieldstone Counseling

Author:

Chris Moles, MA, is senior pastor of the Chapel in Winfield, West Virginia and an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He is a certified biblical counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and the International Association of Biblical Counselors. Moles is a contributor to the West Virginia intervention curriculum used throughout the state prisons, correctional facilities, and community organizations. He is the author of The Heart of Domestic Abuse and a contributor to Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused, as well as the editor of Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse.