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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ARTICLES
Sans Souci Baptist responding to Domestic and Family Violence with Empathy
This past year churches from around the country have been engaging with the Australian Baptist Ministries’ No Place for Violence Here campaign, raising congregational awareness of domestic and family violence (DFV) and exploring how the church can respond. One such...
Mona Vale Anglican Church-“There is no place for violence in our community”
This past year churches from around the country have been engaging with the No Place for Violence Here campaign, raising congregational awareness of domestic and family violence (DFV) and exploring how the church could respond. Mona Vale Anglican Church hosted a...
Gymea Baptist-Responding to domestic and family violence on all fronts
This past year churches from around the country have been engaging with the No Place for Violence Here campaign, raising congregational awareness of domestic and family violence (DFV) and exploring how the church could respond. Gymea Baptist Church has been raising...
True Cost Screened at Blackheath RSL Club
By Blackheath Baptist Church On Sunday 27 May 2018, Blackheath Baptist Church (BBC) took over the local Blackheath RSL Club for the night, when BBC’s Catalyst Group, led by Jenny Bawden, screened “The True Cost” film. This screening followed a clothes swap held...
Recommendations for churches from a victim of Domestic and Family Violence
Recommendations for churches from a victim of Domestic and Family Violence By Kelly Crawford I was speaking recently with a woman who for many years was subjected to abuse-physically, emotionally, verbally, and more at the hands of her husband. Her husband also...
Domestic and Family Violence: Time to Act
By Kelly Crawford Last year, Northside Baptist Church in Crows Nest hosted a public event called “Time to Listen”. In the aftermath of several articles written about domestic and family violence in the evangelical church, organisers of the event recognised the need...
Initiating Pastoral Care for Victims of Domestic and Family Violence
By Kelly Crawford June 13, 2018 We have been hearing a lot of great stories about how people are engaging with the issue of domestic and family violence both in their churches and in their communities. Some of the projects churches...
Raising awareness of ethical fashion
By Kelly Crawford In early May, the Friday morning toddler music program at Concord Baptist Church transformed into a children’s clothes swap. Parents brought in their pre-loved but no-longer-needed clothes to swap for something new...
“When we talk about domestic and family violence, it loses its power”
The No Place for Violence Here campaign for Australian churches officially launched in November of last year. Since that time I have had numerous conversations with individuals and churches about their engagement around this important issue. One such conversation was...
Reflecting on Domestic and Family Violence
Is your church doing some work around domestic and family violence? Michael Sopher, a singer and song writer, has written a song that reflects upon a call for men to serve and build up their families. As we think about the sadness and destruction of domestic and...
Community Engagement: Harold and the Purple Crayon
By Kelly Crawford For the last two days I have sat with eight different churches as they take part in a Community Engagement Design Lab. They are reimagining what community engagement looks like for their churches and their communities. As part of this process they...
Some thoughts about Manus Island
November 22, 2017 By Kelly Crawford, Public Engagement Coordinator Baptist Churches NSW & ACT Background It would have been difficult the past few weeks to have not heard something about what is going on at Manus Island. There are almost daily news events about...