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19-June-1997 
GA97097 
 
                Assembly Mandates Domestic Violence Policy 
 
                           by Nancy Rodman 
 
SYRACUSE--The 209th General Assembly Wednesday evening instructed the 
Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy to develop a policy on domestic 
violence, including particular focus on teachings and traditions in the 
church that may have contributed to the continuation of domestic violence, 
for presentation at the 211th General Assembly (1999). 
 
    The Assembly affirmed the work of the Societal Violence Initiative Team 
and urged congregations and other bodies of the church to use the team's 
resource packet, "Confronting Violence Against Women: The Church's Calling" 
and lifted up the resource list included in the packet. 
 
    Congregations, presbyteries and synods, and seminaries are encouraged 
to provide opportunities for education about domestic violence, and 
committees on ministry and preparation for ministry are encouraged to 
explore with ministers and candidates their preparedness for dealing with 
the problems of domestic violence that they will encounter. 

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