Churches must face reality of violence against women, says Kobia July 19, 2009 by Fulcrum In a speech in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches challenged churches to end their denial of violence against women. By Staff Reporters, Ekklesia, 19 July 2009 "The churches still seem to relegate violence to the private sphere, and still understand violence as only physical," the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, declared. FulcrumShareTweetShare