Survivor stories

  I left my ex and my home in 2020.  For a long time I…

Before I found Restored, I was in desperate need of a community of Christians who understood domestic abuse.

I recently read the words “what we can’t control we deny”, in a book by priest…

It was my 13th wedding anniversary earlier this month. I didn’t actually realise until my Facebook memories…

I probably never would have used the word abusive about my marriage – I didn’t really understand…

‘On the day I left, when I sought refuge, there was not one available space nearby. Refuges are…

Facebook reminded me this morning that seven years ago today I drove my eldest son to…

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but…

The escape I started to read “Why Does He Do That?” by Lundy Bancroft, the book was…

The Realisation I had run out of ideas, I had tried everything I could think of to…

Many Christian women who are victims of domestic abuse end up having to leave their church. This…

My own abuse occurred within the context of a bible college. It has taken over a decade…