PLEASE NOTE JCDVPP DO NOT PROVIDE EMERGENCY HELP TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC FAMILY VIOLENCE.
SHOULD YOU NEED ASSISTANCE CALL 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732).

Joint Churches Domestic Violence Prevention Project (JCDVPP) was established in 1991 in response to the needs of victims and perpetrators of Domestic Family Violence in the Church and community. It was set up in recognition that in many instances those needs were being inadequately or inappropriately addressed by the church.

The group seeks to address the problem by raising the awareness of clergy and lay people through workshops and the publication of literature.

Click here for the report Not Now, Not Ever (Putting an End to Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland): Published by the Queensland Government.

JCDVPP Resources

• Revision four (2021) of the much acclaimed booklet, ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Questions Women ask about Relationships and Christian Beliefs'. Copies are available from QCT for $5 plus postage. EPub or MOBI file versions are also available. Please download the order form here and return to admin@qct.org.au.
• Domestic Family Violence Leaflet
• Domestic Violence Advent Sermon Notes 2022
• Free CD Rom "Not in My Church"
• Be a Better Bystander leaflet

NEW JCDVPP online seminar series

DV: Not in My Church?

Throughout 2025 JCDVPP presented a new online seminar.  Short sessions giving more information on a single aspect of Domestic Violence.

Topics covered

Throughout 2025 JCDVPP carried out a number of online seminars

Getting Started: Practical Steps to be Part of the Solution

Financial Abuse. 

Spiritual Abuse 1 (Forms and effects)

Spiritual Abuse 2  (Church roles)

Forgiveness-Part 1 (Interview with a survivor)

Forgiveness - Part 2  (The Lord’s Prayer and Theologian Miroslav Volf) 

Forgiveness -Part 3 (Psychology of forgiveness and cycle of violence)

JCDVPP Workshops

Since September 2018 JCDVPP have presented workshops aimed to increase the awareness of Clergy, Church Leaders and Pastoral Carers of Domestic Family Violence.

Workshops offered:

• "Taster" sessions (90 mins) Face to face or via zoom
• Zoom series -3 sessions 90 minutes each
• Half day face to face
• Full day face to face
• Half day by-stander training

Topics covered in workshops include:

• What is DFV
• How to respond to DFV
• Theological Underpinnings

Longer sessions include:

• Understanding Perpetrators
• How to use worship services effectively
• Children & DFV
• Influences and Development of values.

A leaflet with more information on workshops is available here.

News for 2026

Clarity: A Christian Response to Domestic Family Violence

The JCDVPP book is having a substantial revision. The latest edition will draw on research and the professional expertise of Christians working in DFV prevention, including information about coercive control and technology-facilitated abuse. The new booklet will directly address several myths about DFV and go deeper into how Christian churches can support victim-survivors. The book will be launched in June or July.

Video Resource

Along with the new book, JCDVPP are producing a set of three short videos featuring the voices of a victim, a Church Leader and a professional working with perpetrators of violence.