EDUCATE
THE NEED FOR EDUCATION
In the Bible, God declares to his prophet, “My people perish for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). This is certainly and literally true when it comes to sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. Therefore, JSASSN offers education and educational resources to survivors and their friends, families, and communities through our website and the Christian ministries in our network.
JSASSN EDUCATIONAL PAGES
To access JSASSN’s educational pages, go to the right side bar and click on the subject of interest under the parent page, EDUCATE. Below, please find a list of our educational pages and a brief description of each.
Definitions: provides the World Health Organization’s definition of child abuse and sexual abuse, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ definition of sexual assault, and the US Department of State’s definition of sex trafficking.
Effects: provides a description of the widely recognized volitional, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and relational effects of sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking as well as a list of the protective factors that can help to alleviate the severity of the effects.
Recovery: provides a description of steps to recovery from sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking.
Reporting: provides a general description of steps in the process of reporting sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking in the US
Ministry: presents a three-fold approach to ministry that focuses on prevention, intervention, and redemption in situations of sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking and gives key guidelines to those in Christian ministry that are in conversation with sexual abuse and assault survivors who are disclosing and/or seeking help
Testimony: provides testimonies of survivors as well as their friends, families, and communities.
Myths, Facts, Statistics: provides clarifying information on the facts of sex trafficking, myths and facts of childhood sexual abuse in general and of boys in particular, and myths and facts about sexual assault of adults as well as key statistics
Abusers: recognizes that abusers are human and made in the image of God, defines different types of abusers and their most common personality characteristics, and asserts the need to protect people from harm
Resources: provides a list of websites, films, articles, books, and other resources with information to help survivors and others who want to learn about sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. (This page will be updated regularly as JSASSN reviews and includes additional resources.)
