Author, speaker and Christian advocate Autumn Miles is on a mission to reach people who have been abused, misunderstood and abandoned. Much of her work in this arena — efforts that started well before the #MeToo era took the world by storm — were sparked by her own experience as a survivor of domestic abuse.
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“When I was in high school, I met my high school sweetheart,” she recently told PureFlix.com’s “Pure Talk.” “He was abusive.”
Miles, author of the upcoming book, “I Am Rahab,” explained that she ended up marrying him, but eventually took her husband’s abuse to their church. Miles feared for her safety — and her life — so she filed for divorce. Her church responded by kicking her out.
In the end, Miles said that the traumatizing situation motivated her to help other women in similar situations find freedom, as she sought to “shed a light on [spousal] abuse in the church.”
“God really released me, gave me freedom,” she said. “I wanted to reach all the Autumns in the world who were misunderstood, who weren’t listened to.”
Watch Miles share her story below:
Miles has since shared her personal journey through books, media and speaking appearances, launching ministry efforts aimed at helping women find themselves amid turmoil.
Among other projects, she partnered with LifeWay Research to explore how pastors and churches cope with domestic violence, surveying 1,000 preachers to discern their views on the matter. The results…
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