USING THE POWER WE
RECEIVE FROM GOD TO BLESS & PROTECT THE VULNERABLE.
SATURDAY • MARCH 7, 2020
$30 before February 1, 2020 • $35 after February 1, 2020 • $40 day of at the door
SPEAKER, Dr. Diane Langberg, PhD
Dr. Diane Langberg is globally recognized for her work with trauma victims. She has trained caregivers the world over in responding to trauma and to the abuse of power. She also directs her own counseling practice of sixteen therapists with multiple specialties. Her most recent book is Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores. Diane is a long-time member of Calvary PCA in Willow Grove, PA.
Sadly, many people come to church bearing emotional and spiritual scars from past or present abuse received from those in power over them--parents, spouses, bosses, or church leaders. Physical, verbal, sexual, and emotional abuse is much more common in the church than we would like to think.
Oftentimes church leaders are well-meaning but clumsy in their efforts to come alongside vulnerable people, or ill-equipped to lead abusers through repentance. Sometimes our “care” adds an extra layer of suffering onto already painful circumstances.
This conference is for those who lead and desire to care well for the “sinned against.” This conference is also for those who have been wounded and need the Church to be a refuge.
Leaders, pastors, and friends will learn how to do everything in their power to ensure that our churches are a refuge for those who need “shelter from the storm” (Isaiah 32:2).
OUR CALLING
Psalm 10:17 - “You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry...”
There is no greater protection for the Church than when local leaderships tenderly and
courageously tend to Christ’s lambs by caring for and listening to the cries of those
wounded by the sin of abuse in any form, thus creating a safe place for the broken, the fearful and the hurting, and by giving ‘voice’ to those who suffer in silence.
OUR HOPE
Open Hearts - That those who attend come ready and willing to hear what the Spirit
has to say through Dr. Langberg. Fresh Conviction & Fresh Repentance - That God will bring a deep awareness of sin that leads to Repentance on the part of individuals and church leaderships. Gospel Healing - That people will experience the healing of Christ as they are liberated from prisons of guilt, shame and
fear, as God uses Dr. Langberg to address the pain that often resides deep below the surface of church communities. Renewed Mission - That churches will joyfully and courageously embrace the Church’s calling to enter into pain within their own congregations, as well as outside their doors.