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TRAUMA MINISTRY


… for congregations courageous enough to be the Body of Christ in the world so that survivors of trauma, abuse, and neglect thrive in their faith.


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Quoting Ernest Izard of Heartmend, a church-based ministry for trauma survivors, Swafford said, “They need courageous Christians to be the face of God to them. … A courageous Christian is a person who is glad to be with another person, no matter the difficulty.”

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JULY 2018: I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND ASKED GOD: “WHAT’S NEXT?”


THE WORDS I HEARD FROM HIM: “TAKE IT TO THE CHURCHES.”


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“IT” IS THE TRAUMA MINISTRY.


After nine years of research, training, equipping educators, and publishing in the field of trauma, abuse, and neglect, God called me to take this ministry to churches where many survivors seek help or live in the shadows of that help.

The time has come to bring the message of hope and healing to the courageous churches who are willing to enter into the pain and suffering of survivors of trauma, abuse, and neglect worshiping in our churches and living in the communities we serve.


Trauma has been identified as the “greatest mission field of the twenty-first century” for the church. Trauma Ministry is a call for courageous, committed Christians to go to that mission field and minister to the survivors of trauma, abuse and neglect who worship our pews and live in our communities so that they will thrive in their lives and in their faith.


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