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2024 RBB Thriver Award Winner! Karen J. Mathson
Karen Mathson explains how male privilege allowed both church leaders, members and her husband to try to keep her from expressing her God-given gifts.
Feb 24, 2024 Presentation
Video recording of Shirley Fessel’s presentation at the Summit Panel on Flourishing After Abuse, February, 2024
She Finally Got the Message
Studying the Bible helped her get free, not keeping her bound.
Take a Steamboat Up the River
One of the most daunting torments to overcome in religious domestic violence is the constant barrage of insults, accusations, andContinue reading “Take a Steamboat Up the River”
Flourishing After Abuse
Summit featuring 20 professionals sharing their expertise for 12 days this month Feb. 12-24 Here is the schedule of speakers.Continue reading “Flourishing After Abuse”
Advocates eligible for 2024 Thriver Grant application!
Contact Shirley Fessel on FB, Twitter or the website, redemptionbb.com by May 31, 2024 for instructions if you are anContinue reading “Advocates eligible for 2024 Thriver Grant application!”
2023 Annual RBB Thriver Award
Listening to her abuser kept her confused but listening to the Word clarified that God hated the oppression she and her daughters were in.
Religious Domestic Abuse is not about marriage or faith.
Those are tools of the abuser. Too often an abused woman in the church seeks help from a pastor, onlyContinue reading “Religious Domestic Abuse is not about marriage or faith. “
A New Lesson for Church Women
Church women can be divided against ministry to other women under patriarchy.