Each Year , 4,000 Women die from beatings.

In a Christian environment, convinceing husbands that wife abuse is wrong is sometimes difficult
because their church can have a false assumptions about what " ruleing the home " is all about..

The Alsdurfs said: " The churchs failure to effectively confront the problem of wife abuse ,
more then being just a reflection of a fundamental disregard for women or a fear of any challenge to a patriarchal system,
is a reflection of the failure to recognize evil for what it is. "

They continue: " The problem of wife abuse is not one of feminism, secular humanism or a lack of headship of home.
It is the problem of evil-- unseen and unopposed."