For churches & leaders
Equip your church to respond to abuse.
When someone finally says "I'm not safe at home," the first person they tell is often someone from church. We make sure that person is ready: to believe, to keep them safe, and to walk with them toward help.
The reality
Your church is already on the front lines.
Survivors of abuse turn to their faith community before almost anyone else. Whether that moment becomes the start of healing, or a second wound, often comes down to how the first leader responds.
Not doubted
The first words a survivor hears can change everything. We equip leaders to believe first and interrogate never.
Not sent back
Well-meant advice, such as "pray harder" or "try counseling together," can raise the danger. We teach what actually keeps people safe.
Not alone
Your team doesn't have to be experts. With a shared plan, they become the difference between a door that opens and one that locks.
How we equip you
A response that outlasts any one person.
Love Does No Harm
Our flagship curriculum equips your whole team to recognize the signs of abuse and respond in ways that keep survivors safe, together, not in isolation.
The Founders Program
For leaders building a lasting, church-wide response to abuse, so readiness is woven into how you care, not dependent on one person.
Team coaching
Hands-on guidance for your staff and volunteers as you put a response into practice, with people who have walked this road since 1996.
Speaking & training
Invite Executive Director Tawni Rochelle and her team for speaking, holistic training, workshops, and facilitation.
Start free, today
The First Response toolkit
Five pages, written for real moments: six steps for the first conversation, what to say (and what not to), the signs of coercive control, and how to protect a survivor's privacy. Free. Download it and share it with your team.
The toolkit
Believe · Ask · Listen
Do no harm · Connect · Stay. The six-step First Response your leaders can remember in the moment.
Ready to equip your team?
Start with the free toolkit, or contact our team about training and partnership options.
Help is available right now.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788.
Call or text 988 if you are in crisis.
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