child sexual abuse
No place to call home: Abuse in a Christian community
By Boz Tchividjian — March 28, 2014
An interview with abuse survivor and filmmaker, Jamie Prater, about his powerful new film that documents abuse in a well known Christian community. How many other Christian environments may be 'No Place to Call Home' for His little ones?
Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant
By Boz Tchividjian — March 20, 2014
Sexual abuse survivors are often marginalized by the very communities that should be embracing and protecting them. Here are just 6 of the common ways survivors are treated as insignificant within the Christian community.
Michael Reagan: a bearer of light amidst the darkness of child sexual abuse
By Boz Tchividjian — March 8, 2014
Child sexual abuse shames survivors into a silence that is fueled by confusion and pain. A shame fueled by what those around will think and say. All too often the source of that shame comes from loved ones, friends, and even inside our churches. Just ask Michael Reagan...
A public statement concerning sexual abuse in the church
By Boz Tchividjian — February 22, 2014
Is silence finally beginning to lose its home within the Church? Christians from around the globe seem to be coming together to grieve, get angry and take action to address a dark and destructive evil that has camped out in the Church for way too long.
A church silent in the face of evil is no church at all
By Boz Tchividjian — February 14, 2014
When Christians embrace silence, we declare that victims are worthless and perpetrators are protected. There is nothing silent about being silent.
Christians and the struggle to report child abuse
By Boz Tchividjian — February 7, 2014
Why do so many professing Christians struggle to report the suspected abuse of children to the authorities?
A church that gets it!
By Boz Tchividjian — January 31, 2014
6 lessons on how to respond to abuse from a small church in Bluefield, W. Virginia.
Caught on tape: 5 self-serving responses by sex offenders in the church
By Boz Tchividjian — January 21, 2014
What the faith community can learn from the words of a sex offender.
What really endangers children? Churches that look away.
By Boz Tchividjian — January 16, 2014
In the past years, most of us have become growingly aware of how common it is for pastors and others within faith communities to allow known or suspected sex offenders to have access to children. Sometimes this is fueled by ignorance, and other times it is fueled by a desire to place institutional “needs” over the value of a child’s soul.
Startling Statistics: Child sexual abuse and what the church can begin doing about it
By Boz Tchividjian — January 9, 2014
"I considered church people easy to fool...they have a trust that comes from being Christians. They tend to be better folks all around and seem to want to believe in the good that exists in people." - convicted sexual offender
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