Commitment Six

The gospel directs us to love people and to love justice as God does and to show mercy as God does. Jesus modelled a sacrificial love for others. All of these direct our efforts to prevent and address domestic and family violence. The church also understands that its commitments to prevent and respond to domestic and family

violence will work best when they are informed by and engage with actions undertaken by other community organisations as appropriate. Australia has a domestic and family violence prevention sector and our federal government has invested many resources in prevention and support for victims/survivors of violence. Church partnership with these is vital to national efforts to end domestic and family violence.