Resources

Addresses the issue of child sexual abuse from a Biblical and professional standpoint, covering the dynamics of sexual abuse, pastoral perspectives for adult victims of child sexual abuse, and the management of child sex offenders in the local congregation.

Addresses the main reasons for the loss of fatherhood, the intergenerational principles and processes in fatherhood, the main issues in being an engaged father, and how fathering deficits are meant to be met within the local church — again combining Biblical and professional perspectives.

Family Spectrum offers a comprehensive course of ten three-hour sessions dealing with a Biblical approach to a range of related topics — including Marriage and Adultery, Promiscuity, Pornography, Child Protection (with sessions on the dynamics of sexual abuse, pastoral care of adult victims and those entangled by family or friendship, management of child sex offenders in the local congregation, and youth leader training), Divorce and Remarriage, Same-Sex Attraction, and Mixed Marriage and Blended Families.

The sessions can be delivered as stand-alone events but when combined provide a wide-ranging and coherent resource for pastoral care in very complex situations.