This paper examines how faith-based - more specifically, evangelical - initiatives in Europe use digital media to name, disclose, and respond to abuse, with particular attention to domestic violence, sexual abuse, and safeguarding. Positioned within the field of digital religion, the study asks how online faith-based projects function not only as channels of communication, but also as spaces of recognition, support, and referral for women and other vulnerable groups.
The paper draws on a qualitative digital analysis of three evangelical initiatives: Restored in the United Kingdom, Voz de Agar/Seneca Falls in Spain, and Stop Abus, developed within the French evangelical context. These cases show different but related uses of the digital, including an online survivors' network, downloadable church resources, training and awareness materials, email-based first contact, and web-based contact or reporting mechanisms. Across these projects, digital media make abuse more publicly nameable within religious settings where silence, stigma, or spiritualised interpretations have often hindered recognition.
I argue that these initiatives can be understood as forms of digital faith-based activism and digital care. On the one hand, they challenge gendered and institutional inequalities by producing new religious languages of support, legitimacy, and safeguarding. On the other hand, they reveal the limits of digital mediation, since online visibility does not automatically dismantle patriarchal authority or guarantee institutional accountability. The paper therefore contributes to current debates on religion and inequality by showing how digital faith-based spaces can open room for the recognition and discussion of difficult issues that often remain unspoken in church settings.