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Managing Conflict Creatively

A practical, Bible-centered approach to the dynamics of conflict and conflict management. This manual is intended to serve as a teaching and study ...

Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and Patterns

Believing not only that conflict is inevitable in human life but that it is essential and can be quite constructive, Augsburger proposes a shift to ...

Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion

"This landmark book" (San Francisco Chronicle) dispels the common myths about the causes and uses of anger— for example, that expressing anger is a ...

8 Ways to Serve Missionaries Coming Home

Ask missionaries about coming home, and they may describe it as traumatic or even “worse than going overseas.” Here's how to make returning a bless ...

Receiving Well: Eleven Tips for Helping Expats Come Home

Ok this is awkward. There’s a solid chance that the demographic which might best benefit from this post (and the brilliance in the comments that fo ...

The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse, 5-pack

Are you ministering to someone whose trauma of sexual abuse has shattered their trust in God? If the abuse happened when they were a child, they ma ...

Former child New Tribes Mission members speak out on alleged sex abuse

A group of women, whose parents joined the massive Evangelical group known as New Tribes Mission when they were children, open up to NBC’s Kate Sno ...

EIGHT CRUCIAL STEPS: Preventing and Recognizing MK Abuse

Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article titled "Speak It" that garnered significant attention. This is a follow-up post providing parents with con ...

I’ve Talked With Teenage Boys About Sexual Assault for 20 Years. This Is What They Still Don’t Know

Author Laurie Halse Anderson shares her insights into what we aren't telling our boys

Are you experiencing abuse? Here’s how to get help

If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help, resources are available in Canada.

By Olivia Bowden

Opinion | Evangelical sex abuse isn’t new. It’s been fueled by purity culture for decades.

We need to take a long look at the theological and structural conditions that enable abuse — starting with purity teachings that shame survivors....

Churches That Abuse

A look at churches that practice authoritarian leadership, manipulation, excessive discipline, and spiritual intimidation warns and informs readers ...