Ten Commitments to Prevent Violence: Australian Anglican Program

Ten Commitments to Prevent Violence: Australian Anglican Program The Anglican Church of Australia has made Ten Commitments to Prevent Domestic & Family Violence

At our recent conference: A Faithful Church Response to Domestic and family Violence, Rev’d Dr Hannah Craven gave a pres...
09/12/2025

At our recent conference: A Faithful Church Response to Domestic and family Violence, Rev’d Dr Hannah Craven gave a presentation on what the Bible teaches about what a faithful church response should look like. It was called “Pursuing Justice with Jesus”. You can watch or listen to the presentation here.
Pursuing Justice with Jesus
https://vimeo.com/1126941798/f9b5b59660?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

In every community — in our churches, schools, workplaces, and places of study — some people will be experiencing vi0len...
07/12/2025

In every community — in our churches, schools, workplaces, and places of study — some people will be experiencing vi0lence, and some will be using it. And all of us, together, are witnesses and bystanders to one another’s lives. We see, we hear, we notice. And when something doesn’t seem right, we have the opportunity to choose a response that brings care and safety.
Being a community that cares is about each of us being alert to signs that something may be wrong and, when it’s safe to do so, taking action that supports, protects and prevents harm.
We've developed a course for church communities. If you would like to learn more about safe ways you can respond when you notice something isn’t right, check out the Communities That Care Course: Effective Bystanding Practices For Churches
https://www.tencommitments.org.au/training

Preventing domestic and family vi0lence means challenging s , bias, and unhealthy norms. These things don’t always lead ...
06/12/2025

Preventing domestic and family vi0lence means challenging s , bias, and unhealthy norms. These things don’t always lead to vi0lence but they are disrespectful, and disrespect always features in gender-based vi0lence. Are any of our ways of being the church, our structures and processes, inherently gendered, patriarchal and rooted in old cultural models which we know are unhealthy? S , bias and unhealthy norms can be ingrained in institutions, including our churches. In order to build communities where everyone flourishes, we need to be willing to call out these social drivers of violence.

Be the change that transforms church culture. Jesus often challenged groups about their behaviour and attitudes — and ca...
05/12/2025

Be the change that transforms church culture.
Jesus often challenged groups about their behaviour and attitudes — and called them to a new way of living. He called out the Pharisees about hypocrisy, the disciples about their pride, the crowds about judgment. He is the greatest example of the kind person we all need to be. Will you be like Jesus and be the change agent that starts to turn the tide so that we can build communities where everyone flourishes?

Be the one who cares for those in harm’s way In the Gospel of John 4, verses 1-42, we read of Jesus’ encounter with a wo...
05/12/2025

Be the one who cares for those in harm’s way
In the Gospel of John 4, verses 1-42, we read of Jesus’ encounter with a woman at a well outside a town. It’s one of many examples where Jesus pushes back against the patriarch@l culture of His time — a culture that silenced, shamed, and excluded women. His way is one of respect, restoration, and empowerment. If we are to end the culture of domestic and family vi0lence in our own society, we must do the same.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204%3A1-42&version=RSV

Be the one who actsGroups of people often conform to group-think, action, or inaction. But when one person dares to step...
01/12/2025

Be the one who acts
Groups of people often conform to group-think, action, or inaction. But when one person dares to step out, the pattern can be broken — and a new way forward begins. Will you be that one person?
In John 8:1-11, we read how Jesus was willing to be the one who acted to save a woman in distress. He is a role model of standing up to the mob and challenging a culture of vi0lence against women.
For too long, domestic vi0lence has been a ‘silent epidemic’, creating stigma and shame for victims. We have emboldened perpetrators with our silence. The problem is complex and there are no simple answers, but silence and ignorance can’t be the right way.
Check out our course: Communities That Care to help understand the nature of vi0lence and some of the safe ways you can intervene to change the pattern of g vi0lence in our nation.

Be the one who actsGroups of people often conform to group-think, action, or inaction. But when one person dares to step...
30/11/2025

Be the one who acts
Groups of people often conform to group-think, action, or inaction. But when one person dares to step out, the pattern can be broken — and a new way forward begins. Will you be that one person?
In John 8:1-11, we read how Jesus was willing to be the one who acted to save a woman in distress. He is a role model of standing up to the mob and challenging a culture of vi0lence against women.
For too long, domestic vi0lence has been a ‘silent epidemic’, creating stigma and shame for victims. We have emboldened perpetrators with our silence. The problem is complex and there are no simple answers, but silence and ignorance can’t be the right way.
Check out our course: Communities That Care to help understand the nature of vi0lence and some of the safe ways you can intervene to change the pattern of g violence in our nation.
https://www.tencommitments.org.au/training

Be courageous in acting to prevent harmIf you think someone is impacted by g -based vi0lence, it takes courage to say or...
29/11/2025

Be courageous in acting to prevent harm
If you think someone is impacted by g -based vi0lence, it takes courage to say or do something, but one person’s actions can be the moment that someone’s life turns around for the better.
One of the best-known stories in the bible is the story that Jesus told called The Good Samaritan. In his story, others pass by someone who needs help, but a Samaritan person bucks the trend and stops and offers help. It’s easy to ‘go with the crowd’ and ignore the problem of Domestic and family vi0lence. It’s easy not to notice, not to know about it, nor what to do about it. But Jesus taught that knowing, noticing and doing something is what it means to ‘love thy neighbour’ and that this compassion was equally as important as loving God. Read the story in Luke 10:25-37

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-37&version=NRSVA

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