LLV8: Equipping Organizations to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Harm
There are 3 main ways in which organizations can fight against sexual abuse:
1. Prevention through protection and education
2. Helping those who have been affected by sexual harm
3. Spreading the word in the community as a vehicle to spread the Gospel
We offer practical and interactive trainings that cover each of these 3 areas from a biblical perspective. Our goal is to provide an understanding of the problem of sexual harm, what needs to be done about it, and the tools to begin to do it within the context of our unique faith communities.
Some of the main topics that are covered in LLV8 are:
- The nature of safety and its value in God’s economy
- A trauma-informed study of the effects of sexual abuse
- The nature of abuse and its relationship to abuse of power
- Practical ways to help abusers within the context of redemptive companionship
- Setting up an organizational safety program
- Spiritual effects of sexual abuse and how to apply the Gospel in healing ways
- How to spread the word effectively in a culture that normalizes sexual abuse
- Education as an important tool to combat sexual abuse
- Characteristics of abusers and how pornography fuels abuse
- Forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation from a biblical perspective
Workshop: Confronting Sexual Harm in the 21st Century
Cost: $15 per person – includes lunch, beverages, and the workshop workbook
Location: Woodlyn Baptist Church, 1125 MacDade Boulevard, Woodlyn, PA 19094
Time: 9am-3pm
In one survey, 70% of children aged 7-18 admitted that they had accidentally encountered porn through a web search while they were looking for something else. Children are never at fault when they are exposed to harmful things, but they are relying on us to help protect them. Technology is challenging for many of us, but there are things we can learn to do a better job at keeping our kids safe.
This in-person workshop will give you practical ways to make a difference in the lives of the people around you, beginning with exactly what to say and do when you first become aware of someone’s sexual harm.
These are the main topics that are covered in the workshop:
- The nature of safety and its value in God’s economy
- Current trends in child sexual abuse and its root in pornography
- Guiding principles for protecting our children from abuse
- How to help children who are harmed or who harm others sexually