Welcoming church leaders and people helpers to learn about domestic abuse in plain communities in order to address this issue faithfully.
FEATURED SPEAKERS

CHRIS MOLES
Chris Moles is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and Senior Pastor of The Chapel (Winfield, WV). Chris is a Certified Biblical Counselor (ACBC and IABC) and a trained group facilitator in domestic violence intervention and prevention.
Chris holds a B.A. in Bible from Cedarville College, an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Faith Bible Seminary (Lafayette, IN), and is pursuing a D.T.L. from Bakke Graduate University.
Chris is the author of The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence in the Home, a contributor on the West Virginia Coalition against domestic violence state wide intervention curriculum, and a contributor to Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused.

J. ANTHONY HERTZLER
Anthony and his wife Abigail have five children. The Hertzlers seek to build their lives around relationships with God and other people and to serve the oppressed and suffering both inside and outside the church.
Anthony works in construction and edits and writes part-time. He served as a medical first responder and volunteer firefighter for a number of years and is the president of LifeRing Christian Ministries.
"Domestic violence in any form – physical, sexual, emotional, psychological or spiritual – is an assault upon the image of God in a fellow human being, and is therefore an assault upon God himself."
-Chris Moles
Event Schedule and Location
DATES
Friday and Saturday, October 27-28 2023
LOCATION
Forrest Hills Mennonite Church
100 Quarry Rd, Leola, PA 17540
SCHEDULE
Friday, October 27
6:15 Registration
7:00 Opening
7:15 Anthony Hertzler
A THEOLOGY OF POWER
Saturday, October 28
8:30 Breakfast snacks
9:00 Opening
9:15 Chris Moles
THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING A THEOLOGY OF OPPRESSION WITH A THEOLOGY OF SUFFERING
10:15 Break
10:30 Survivor Voices
11:30 BBQ Lunch*
1:00 Chris Moles
THE INTERACTION OF PEACE THEOLOGY AND DOMESTIC ABUSE
2:00 Break
2:15 Panel Discussion
*Lunch is included with your registration.