Women Redeemed: Addressing the Issues No One Wants to Talk About
September 20th webcast spotlights
Kregel’s new line of books that
move women toward healing and hope
Over the next few days, I'll be highlighting an upcoming webcast that all women are invited to join and the authors involved.

“Kregel Publications has always strived to
develop and distribute books that will help individuals grow in their personal
relationship with Christ. Most recently, we’ve focused on providing quality
resources on topics that are all too common, but very often ignored by both the
reader and the church at large,” explains Cat Hoort, Marketing and Publicity
Manager for Kregel Publications. “Abuse, abortion, and miscarriage, for
example, are common challenges for even the most committed Christian. Yet fear,
embarrassment, or a lack of knowledge on these issues has kept people silent
far too long.”
In coordination with the launch of their fall releases, Kregel
will be hosting a live webcast event
on September 20 at 8 PM EDT featuring
authors Kim Ketola (Cradle My Heart), Teske Drake (Hope for Today, Promises for
Tomorrow),and Dawn Scott Jones (When a Woman
You Love Was Abused). The webcast will
allow women to come together to share their struggles and fears in order to
move toward healing and hope. Women will able to support one another and
discuss shared experiences in a non-threatening, open and loving environment.
Here
are just a few of the staggering statistics on the topics Ketola, Drake and
Jones have written about:
Abortion:
·
It is estimated that 13% of abortions are
performed on self-described ‘born again’ or evangelical Christians
·
The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) reports
that 46% of aborting women identify themselves as Protestant and an additional
27% identify themselves as Catholic. If true, these statistics reveal that more
than 70% of all abortions in the United States are performed on Christian women.
·
85% of women say
abortions cause mental health issues, including sorry, sadness, guilt, regret,
grief, and disappointment
Miscarriage
and infant loss:
·
The National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences reports that as many as 31 percent of all pregnancies end in
miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss
·
An estimated 19% of
all the adult population has experienced the death of a child.
·
An in-utero death
after 20 weeks is considered a stillbirth.
·
A stillbirth occurs
once every twenty minutes.
·
Approximately
26,000 pregnancies end in stillbirth every year.
Abuse:
·
The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services reports that 80 percent of childhood abuse victims later suffer from
at least one abuse-induced psychological disorder. It’s proven that the effects
of childhood abuse follow women into adulthood.
·
90% of victims know their abuser. Commonly reported abusers
are fathers, stepfathers, brothers, uncles, and grandfathers. Other abusers are
babysitters, teachers, and neighbors.
·
80% of childhood abuse victims later suffer from at least one
abuse-induced psychological disorder. 1/3 of people who are sexually abused
become abusers themselves.
“We are seeking to provide
safe means for Christian women to be vulnerable with each other, to seek help
and guidance from authors and counselors, and to find encouragement from those
who have shared similar experiences. Our hope is that the Women Redeemed
webcast will become a forum for hurting women as well as for those who can
help. Kim, Teske, and Dawn are all survivors and their stories will surely
inspire and equip other women to move toward healing and hope,” says Hoort.
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