Child Safety
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Posted on May 7, 2012, 3:16 pm
Topics: Child Safety, Safe Church, Domestic Violence, Elderly Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Safe Church Team, Sexual Abuse
“The classis safe church team saved my ministerial butt,” was how one British Columbia pastor put it. Within one week of arriving in his new charge, he was informed that an allegation of abuse had been made against the pastor that preceded him.
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Posted on April 29, 2012, 7:51 am
Topics: Child Safety, Safe Church, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Safe Church Team, Sexual Abuse
We slog away in meetings, we write safe church policies, we try to get our ministers to preach on safe church issues and abuse prevention. Some days, we wonder if it is even making a difference. And then we hear a story like that of ...
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Posted on April 24, 2012, 8:27 pm
What is holding your congregation back from establishing a safe church policy? Writing a policy can seem like an onerous task, but lots of helpful tools are available. Sometimes the best way to develop a policy is to adapt an existing policy from a neighbouring church. Or, you can check out the sample policies available
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Posted on April 10, 2012, 3:27 pm
Topics: Child Safety, Safe Church, Domestic Violence, Elderly Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Safe Church Team
Individuals who have experienced emotional abuse often suffer from “a crushed spirit.” The wounds caused by emotional abuse may not be visible to the human eye, but they leave an indelible mark on the human heart...
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Posted on April 3, 2012, 8:35 am | 1 comment
Outings, retreats and social events at the church can be fun for children and youth. However, fun can turn into tragedy if supervision is inadequate. How can your church provide supervision that will ensure the least risk possible?
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Posted on March 27, 2012, 11:49 am | 12 comments
“Children often keep abuse a secret, but barriers can be broken down by talking openly about it.”
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Posted on March 20, 2012, 12:43 pm | 2 comments
We send a message in the way that we respond, as individuals and as congregations, to allegations of abuse. What kind of message are we sending?
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Posted on March 14, 2012, 5:54 am | 4 comments
Don't wait until it's too late. Your safe church policy can help stop abuse before it happens.
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Posted on March 6, 2012, 11:26 am | 12 comments
Topics: Child Safety, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Safe Church Team, Sexual Abuse, Youth Issues
Despite the abundance of evidence showing that teen dating violence is a serious issue in North America, awareness of the problem is low. According to The Rave Project, teen dating violence is more common than you might think. Here are some surprising facts about teen dating violence...
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Posted on January 31, 2012, 8:18 am | 1 comment
No-one likes to focus on the negative for long. But, the assumption that abuse cannot occur in your church, or that, if it were to happen, you would recognize it, is extremely naive.
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Posted on January 16, 2012, 7:20 am | 1 comment
Topics: Child Safety, Safe Church Team
Safe Church Team members and the office of Safe Church Ministry often field questions from churches that are creating or updating their policies. We love these questions; they are a positive sign that churches are considering this important issue. One common question is
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Posted on January 9, 2012, 4:58 pm
Topics: Child Safety, Safe Church Team
Should a Safe Church committee be restricted solely to the three primary goals of awareness, prevention and healing of abuse? If the mandate is to keep the church safe, can we expand the role of the Safe Church Team?
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Posted on November 16, 2011, 10:12 am
Topics: Child Safety
The fact that a church is a charity, or that it relies heavily on volunteers, does not give it any special status in determining whether or not the church (and its Council members) will be liable for damages caused by its volunteers or employees. And that liability risk becomes greater when
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Posted on November 9, 2011, 12:50 pm | 3 comments
Topics: Child Safety
Retired Penn State Defensive Coordinator, Jerry Sandusky has been accused of sexual misconduct with young boys dating back to 1994. Most disturbing was the news of the many opportunities to report this to the authorities that were passed by while the abuse continued...
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Posted on August 30, 2011, 9:03 am
Topics: Child Safety
Imagine your reaction if you heard the news that fire had damaged your church and many people were injured. Now just change the circumstances. What if you found out that several children in your congregation had been sexually abused by a convicted pedophile at church functions and that your church did not have a proper Safe Church Policy?
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