To Heal and Not To Hurt: A fresh approach to safeguarding in Church

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Pastoral Ministry
Cover of the book To Heal and Not To Hurt: A fresh approach to safeguarding in Church by Rosie Harper, Alan Wilson, Darton, Longman & Todd LTD
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Author: Rosie Harper, Alan Wilson ISBN: 9780232533958
Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd LTD Publication: April 25, 2019
Imprint: Darton, Longman and Todd Language: English
Author: Rosie Harper, Alan Wilson
ISBN: 9780232533958
Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd LTD
Publication: April 25, 2019
Imprint: Darton, Longman and Todd
Language: English

‘The mark of a healthy and authentically Christian community is not large numbers, inspiring worship, or dogmatic theology, but the way in which power is exercised within it.’

In recent years churches have found themselves all but overwhelmed by safeguarding concerns and allegations of abuse. Rosie Harper and Alan Wilson – who share almost seventy years of pastoral ministry – have listened with increasing dismay to many of the people who have had seriously damaging experiences within the Church. To Heal and Not to Hurt presents 15 narrative examples of these experiences, and examines the deep institutional roots of the abusive attitudes that caused them and the Church’s often equally damaging responses. It concludes with the suggestion of a calm, reasoned, and practical basis on which the Church could shape a more adequate and sustainable policy of prevention and response.

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‘The mark of a healthy and authentically Christian community is not large numbers, inspiring worship, or dogmatic theology, but the way in which power is exercised within it.’

In recent years churches have found themselves all but overwhelmed by safeguarding concerns and allegations of abuse. Rosie Harper and Alan Wilson – who share almost seventy years of pastoral ministry – have listened with increasing dismay to many of the people who have had seriously damaging experiences within the Church. To Heal and Not to Hurt presents 15 narrative examples of these experiences, and examines the deep institutional roots of the abusive attitudes that caused them and the Church’s often equally damaging responses. It concludes with the suggestion of a calm, reasoned, and practical basis on which the Church could shape a more adequate and sustainable policy of prevention and response.

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