Also, please be aware that any listed phone number can be discovered and even cross-referenced to a map. You should only make calls from a public payphone or an unlisted number that does not provide Caller ID information.
A Biblical Exhortation To Make a Safety Plan
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. –Proverbs 22:3
The RAVE Project: Religion and Violence e-Learning
RAVE is an initiative that seeks to bring knowledge and social action together to assist families of faith impacted by abuse.
The RAVE mission statement is as follows:
“There is no place like home; when abuse strikes, there is no home.”
- RAVE seeks to enable religious leaders to respond to domestic violence in ways that are compassionate, practical and informed by the latest research and best practices for professionals;
- RAVE seeks to enable religious leaders to respond to domestic violence in ways that are compassionate, practical and informed by the latest research and best practices for professionals;
- RAVE seeks to walk alongside victims and survivors on their journeys toward healing and wholeness;
- RAVE seeks to forge pathways between the Steeple and the Shelter;
- RAVE seeks to hold abusers accountable for their actions, while offering hope for a transformed life.”
To accomplish this mission RAVE delivers training and resources, immediate help and referrals, as well as best practices (and pitfalls to avoid) to religious leaders and congregations through web-based sources accessed in clergy offices, internet cafes, seminary classrooms and churches around the world.
Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Website: Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center
International Toll-Free Crisis Line - First dial your AT&T USADirect access number and at the prompt, enter our phone number: 866-USWOMEN (879-6636); Live Chat; email anytime at crisis@866uswomen.org. An advocate will reply to you within 24 hours, Monday through Friday.
We recommend you contact your state’s Domestic Violence Coalition to receive more information about the resources that are available in your state.
- Alabama: (334) 832-4842
- Alaska: (907) 586-3650
- Arizona: (602) 279-2900
- Arkansas: (501) 812-0571
- California: (415) 457-2464
- Colorado: (303) 573-9018
- Connecticut: (860) 524-5890
- Delaware: (302) 658-2958
- District of Columbia: (202) 783-5332
- Florida: (904) 668-6862
- Georgia: (770) 984-0085
- Hawaii: (808) 486-5072
- Idaho: (208) 384-0419
- Illinois: (217) 789-2830
- Indiana: (317) 543-3908
- Iowa: (515) 244-8028
- Kansas: (913) 232-9784
- Kentucky: (502) 875-4132
- Louisiana: (504) 542-4446
- Maine: (207) 941-1194
- Maryland: (301) 942-0900
- Massachusetts: (617) 248-0922
- Michigan: (517) 484-2924
- Minnesota: (612) 646-6177
- Mississippi: (601) 981-9161
- Missouri: (573) 634-4161
- Montana: (406) 256-6334
- Nebraska: (402) 476-6256
- Nevada: (702) 358-1171
- New Hampshire: (603) 224-8893
- New Jersey: (609) 584-8107
- New Mexico: (505) 246-9240
- New York: (518) 432-4864
- North Carolina: (919) 956-9124
- North Dakota: (701) 255-6240
- Ohio: (614) 784-0023
- Oklahoma: (405) 557-1210
- Oregon: (503) 230-1951, or toll-free (877) 330-1951
- Pennsylvania: (717) 545-6400
- Rhode Island: (401) 467-9940
- South Carolina: (803) 750-1222
- South Dakota: (605) 945-0869
- Tennessee: (615) 386-9406
- Texas: (512) 794-1133
- Utah: (801) 538-9886
- Vermont: (802) 223-1302
- Virginia: (800) 838-8238
- Washington: (360) 352-4029
- West Virginia: (304) 765-2250
- Wisconsin: (608) 255-0539
- Wyoming: (307) 235-2814
Disclaimer
This listing of religious resources is provided solely as a convenience for those wishing to access faith-based services and agencies. Peace and Safety in the Christian Home does not in any way endorse any particular resource within this listing, and while we are striving to update information as applicable, we cannot warrant the accuracy of contact information.
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