PeaceWorks Live 2025: The Domestic Abuse Intervention Training Conference

Who is the intended audience for PeaceWorks Live 2025?

This year’s conference is intended to serve both professional and lay helpers who are engaged in gospel-centered domestic abuse intervention ministry. Past attendees have included licensed and lay biblical counselors, social workers, pastors, elders, small group leaders, advocates, survivors, and family members of those experiencing or perpetrating abuse. Whether you are a veteran domestic abuse interventionist or you are in the beginning stages understanding this topic, we hope you will join us.
PeaceWorks Live is more than a training event. It's a gathering for people helpers who are committed to responding to domestic abuse with confidence in the sufficiency of Scripture, humble dependence on the Holy Spirit, safety and support for victims, and accountability and repentance opportunities for perpetrators. This is a time for these helpers to reflect on what it means to faithfully respond to these cases of with Christ-exalting, gospel-centered solutions and to be reminded that they are not alone in this difficult work.
A Word to Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse: If you are a perpetrator of domestic abuse in need of resources to aid in your repentance process, please understand PeaceWorks Live is not intended to serve you in this way. Instead, we ask that you please visit www.menofpeace.org to view the resources PeaceWorks has designed specifically for abusive men desiring change.

A Word to Victims of Domestic Abuse: If you are currently living under the weight of abuse and in need of support as you pursue safety and sanity, please visit www.menofpeace.org/for-spouses to view a list of recommended victim care resources. If you are a survivor of domestic abuse desiring to engage in domestic abuse intervention ministry yourself, we recommend that, if possible, you not attend PeaceWorks Live alone but that you bring with you a trusted friend who can provide you with support throughout the event as the conference content may be triggering for survivors.

Worship & Plenary Sessions

Attendees will come together throughout the conference for four combined plenary sessions.

On Friday night of the conference, attendees will also come together for a special night of corporate lament. We hope you will join us as we bring our collective grief and sorrow to the Lord and put our trust in Him as the Redeemer who rescues, restores, and rules over all things.
Worship will be led by Adam Westlake.

Educational Tracks

PeaceWorks Live 2025 will feature two educational tracks designed to equip helpers in two key aspects of domestic abuse intervention ministry. Each track will consist of seven training sessions and will be packed with domestic abuse response experience and case wisdom. During the event, attendees must stay in the track for which they registered.

Stewarding Survivor Stories Track (150 Spots Available)

As helpers, we are given the opportunity to hear and hold survivor stories. This is a great responsibility. How we receive and respond to these stories matters, not only for the survivors we serve, but for the families, churches, and communities they represent. May we be found faithful.

This track (led by Elyse Fitzpatrick, Rachael Denhollander, and Melissa Affolter) will highlight seven common desires and prepare attendees to steward survivor stories with care and compassion.

See images above for track session descriptions.

Men of Peace Facilitator Track (75 Spots Available)

This track (led by Chris Moles and Greg Wilson) will highlight three approaches to perpetrator intervention: counseling, coaching, and groups - with the majority of the training focused on facilitating Men of Peace groups.
See images above for track session descriptions.

Conference Recordings Available for Pre-Order
PeaceWorks Live 2025 attendees can pre-order PeaceWorks Live 2025 conference recordings for only $40 (a 60% discount) when bundled with an in-person or livestream PeaceWorks Live 2025 ticket purchase at check-out. Otherwise, the conference recordings will be available to the public for purchase at full price ($100) after the conference has concluded.
PeaceWorks Live 2025 conference recordings will include
- audio/video of the four combined Plenary Sessions,
- audio/video of the seven Stewarding Survivor Stories Track sessions, and
- corresponding session notes and transcripts.
Any in-person PeaceWorks Live 2025 attendees that purchase the PeaceWorks Live 2025 conference recordings will also receive access to the conference livestream and will have access to the unedited livestream videos for one week after the conference concludes.
NOTE:
There will be a period of time after the conference concludes during which the conference recordings will be edited and formatted. As soon as they are available we will contact pre-order purchasers via email with directions on how to access conference recordings on our Podia page. Podia (https://chrismoles.podia.com/) is our online course and webinar hosting site.

Info: Attendees can check-in between 8:30-10:00am. Refreshments and Exhibitor Access will be available during this time.

Info: Refreshments and Exhibitor Access will be available during this time.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Winfield Baptist Church, 12902 Winfield Rd., Winfield, United States