Faith Community Response
What can your faith community do
about intimate partner violence?
(1) Encourage your faith leaders
to network with other spiritual
leaders who are addressing issues
of sexual and domestic violence.
Interfaith Council (Leaders from
all faith traditions)… 509-329-1410
A.R.M.S. (Christian) …509-622-5293
/ www.armsonlline.org
Cookies Retreat (Christian, Seventh-day
Adventist) …509-524-6334
(2) Ask your faith leaders to speak
out against sexual and domestic
violence in your place of worship.
(3) Encourage your faith leaders
to include topics on equality in
relationships, abuse, and healthy
relationships in your congregation’s
children and family education programs.
(4) Educate your Congregation; include
information in newsletters. Invite
staff from local programs to make
presentations to every group in
your faith community:
Interfaith Council (Speakers available
from all faith perspectives)…
509-329-1410
A.R.M.S. (Christian Education) …509-622-5293
/ www.armsonlline.org
Cookies Retreat (Christian Education,
Seventh-day Adventist) …509-524-6334
Spokane County Domestic Violence
Consortium …509-487-6783 /
www.domesticviolence.net
YWCA Alternatives to Domestic Violence
…509-326-1190
(5) Teach children they have a right
to their bodies and to be free from
abuse.
Healthy Relationships Puppet Show
Spokane County Domestic Violence
Consortium 509-487-6783 / www.domesticviolence.net
(6) Make sure women in your congregation
know about support groups for women
caught in domestic violence:
Interfaith Council (Support Information
on all faith traditions) …
509-329-1410
A.R.M.S. (Christian Support Groups)
…509-622-5293 / www.armsonlline.org
YWCA Alternatives to Domestic Violence
…509-326-1190
(7) Volunteer at a woman’s
shelter or on a crisis line. Adopt
a shelter or transitional living
program.(8) Contribute financial
support to local and national sexual
and domestic violence programs.
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