Supporting Churches

Mending the Soul Church Partners:

1st Institutional Baptist Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 602-258-1998

Bethany Bible Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 602-246-9788

Bethany Community Church (Tempe, AZ)
Phone: 480-831-5005

Cornerstone Church (Chandler, AZ)
Phone: 480-726-8000

Bridge Covenant Church (Gilbert, AZ)
Phone: 480-294-7888

Grace Fellowship Church (Bukeye, AZ)
Phone: 623-393-8386

Hope Covenant (Chandler, AZ)
Phone: 480-899-7255

Lake Pleasant Community Church (Peoria, AZ)
Phone: 623-694-9550

Life Quest Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 480-759-1189

Mesa Baptist Church (Mesa, AZ)
Phone: 480-897-2036

Moon Valley Bible Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 602-866-0889

New Hope Covenant (Peoria, AZ)
Phone: 623-412-2234

Oasis Life Church (Maricopa, AZ)
Phone: 520-568-1542

Paradise Valley Community Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 602-992-8999

Providence Baptish Church (Raleigh, NC)
Phone: 919-326-3000

Red Mountain Community Church (Mesa, AZ)
Phone: 480-807-5868

Scottsdale Bible Church (Scottsdale, AZ)
Phone: 480-824-7200

Shiloh Community Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 602-569-0311

Superstition Springs Community (Higley, AZ)
Phone: 480-545-4024

Whitton Avenue Bible Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Phone: 602-956-5120

City of Grace Church (Mesa, AZ - formerly Word of Grace)
Phone: 480-834-1822

Supporting Church Affirmations/Commitments

As a church endorsed by Mending the Soul Ministries to function as a bridge into the community, we endorse and commit to the following:

  1. To the best of our ability we will only allow those who have a high level of personal integrity, emotional stability, and spiritual maturity to lead Mending the Soul healing group(s). Furthermore, we commit to monitor and supervise the personal integrity and emotional/spiritual health of these leaders.
  2. We commit to minister not just to our denomination or to the members of our church, but to our community. We are committed to serving individuals and families outside our congregation. Thus, we will allow and encourage individuals to attend Mending the Soul healing groups regardless of whether or not they attend our church. We will not pressure individuals who participate in Mending the Soul healing group(s) to attend our church.
  3. Recognizing that abuse creates deep wounding and robs people of a sense of dignity and personal autonomy (creates powerlessness) we commit to respect and protect the dignity of those attending Mending the Soul healing groups in our church. Thus, we commit to respecting their spiritual beliefs and convictions particularly when they differ from our own.
  4. We commit to designate at least two leaders in our church, at least one being a female, who will oversee the Mending the Soul healing group(s). We also commit to designate one of our pastors or elders to be one of these two leaders or to oversee these leaders.
  5. We commit to sending our Mending the Soul healing group leaders to the annual Mending the Soul Ministry training.
  6. We commit to providing ongoing Mending the Soul healing groups in our church for a commitment period of one year.
  7. The leadership of our church endorses the model of abuse and abuse healing given in Dr. Steven Tracy’s book, Mending the Soul. Thus our church leaders recognize that:
    1. Due to human depravity, abuse is prevalent in every strata of society and happens in professing Christian families as well as in secular families (2 Sam 13:1-19). Anyone is capable of being an abuser, even a spiritual leader (2 Sam 11:14-15).
    2. Due to the fact that humans are made in the image of God, all forms of abuse are deeply damaging. Thus we will not state or imply to survivors of abuse that they should simply “get over it” but we will patiently and gently minister to those broken by abuse.
    3. God calls the church to protect the vulnerable, especially women and children, and to stand against the powerful who seek to intimidate and exploit those who are weaker (Jer 22:3, 15-17).
    4. God hates abuse and oppression (Ez 22:6-7, 13, 15).
    5. It is a woman or child’s right to remove himself or herself from an abusive relationship. While God can and does redeem abuse (Gen 50:20), He does not call us to endure avoidable suffering. Scripture teaches that we should flee from abusers whenever possible (Matthew 12:14-15; John 8:59; Acts 9:23-25; 14:5-6).
    6. Abusers are characteristically deceptive, cunning, and intimidating (2 Sam 11:6-25; 1 Ki 18:17). Thus we will look for evidence of genuine repentance in abusers in the form of brokenness over their sin (Matt 11:20-21), complete ownership of their abuse (2 Sam 12:13), and evidence of changed behavior (Matt 3:8).
  8. We commit to stand with those who have been wounded by abuse and to offer safety and to do all we can to protect them from their abusers (Prov 24:11-12). Furthermore, we will boldly confront abusers (Is 1:17).
  9. We commit to reporting all child abuse as well as other forms of abuse (elder abuse, domestic violence, etc.) to the civil authorities and to work with Child Protective Services and law enforcement to prosecute abusers (Rom 13:1-5).

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