Bland wrote:
Do you have a church? If not, consider attending a local congregation. You can get alot of support there; emotional, spiritual and physical.
I think going to a church (or a synagogue or a mosque, for that matter) for support will do more harm than good. Churches tend to be notorious for "supporting traditional family values" (read: taking the parents' side), because of the "honor your parents" commandment (Exodus 20:12 KJV). In the best case, the religious leaders will keep using religion to talk you out of it, since running away from home is not "honoring." In the worst case, they'll rat you out to your parents, since in the Biblical times, "honoring" meant blindly obeying no matter what, and kids were second-class citizens at best. So I recommend going through alternative support systems, outside the religious community. Shelters for abused people may be a nice alternative if you can't find your own apartment.