Publisher's Synopsis
No church, or faith-based setting, is immune to having child abuse happen within its church families. Are you aware that many victims of child abuse walk away from God? Would you know what to do if someone in your church says they have been abused? The majority of child abuse is perpetrated by someone in the victim's family or someone the victim has a close relationship with. Breaking the Silence will educate you about the realities of child abuse, who can be a victim, who can be a perpetrator, why victims disconnect from God, what you can do to help, plus a chapter on the ACE Study. Victims feel alone and isolated. Abuse within the family system keeps most victims quiet. This isolation affects every relationship the victim has, now and in the future, especially their relationship with God. It is time for the Christian community to be actively involved in helping victims of child abuse. Abuse victims do not just forget and move on, abuse becomes who they are, it is their identity. We tend to remain silent about things we do not understand. It is time to break the silence. It is time to help hurting kids and adults get the healing they desperately want and need so they can become the people God intended them to be.
