Faith-Informed, Not Faith-Forced: A Practical Guide for Advocates in the Anti-Violence Field

Survivors do not stop being spiritual when they experience violence.

Yet many advocacy agencies are unsure how to ethically navigate faith conversations and many churches are unprepared to respond safely to disclosures of abuse.

In that gap, survivors are often spiritually silenced or spiritually harmed.

This digital guide was created to close that gap.

Developed from nearly two decades of leadership in the anti-violence field and lived experience within faith communities, Faith-Informed, Not Faith-Forced equips advocates, supervisors, and organizational leaders with practical tools to support survivor spirituality without coercion, policy violations, or theological harm.

This is not a faith-based evangelism resource.

It is a professional development tool for agencies seeking to ethically integrate spirituality in a trauma-informed, survivor-led way.