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… Safe Church Ministry offers this resource, Responding to Abuse: A Toolkit for Churches . We often hear from congregations requesting …
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… and a Network WISE and Caring Congregations: Creating a Safe Haven for People in Your Church Who Have a Mental Illness Youth Leaders as Instruments … Sand Dollar Spiritual insights for parents, clergy, and churches ministering to special needs families. … Communities of Care: The Church and Mental Illness …
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… “The classis safe church team saved my ministerial butt,” was how one … In a workshop about how safe church teams relate to their churches and their classis, participants shared their stories …
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… appeared. There is a lesson here for us as we look at our churches, our denomination, and Safe Church Ministry. We may look at the denomination and see …
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… no longer an option. In this watershed #MeToo moment, the Church must be ready to respond to sexual abuse. Active safe church ministry equips God’s people to respond in …
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… Concerns Office of Social Justice Office of Race Relations Safe Church World Renew There are also many ministry share-funded … CRC Ministries Equipping Your Church to Do Justice …
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… Sometimes I grow weary in my Safe Church Ministry work. Maybe if we only focused on abuse …
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… As a Denver resident, lifetime CRC member, Safe Church Rocky Mountain team member, and mental health … of faith. Synod has taken steps to encourage our churches to be proactive in what may be new ways for many, to … What the Catholic Church Is Doing With the Allegations of History …
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… Safe Church has been blessed. As we sought additional help … student intern for 10 hours a week, something new for Safe Church Ministry in 2014. We were blessed with Robin … about the time Robin’s summer internship ended, our Safe Church Network Guide made a decision to step down from …
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… is a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping churches from more than 75 denominations in 28 countries … the tips included in the document are valuable for general church reference and practice. The Friendship Ministries Abuse Prevention Guidelines include tips for safe group meetings, physical and verbal contact, corrective …
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… September? It’s not too early to begin planning how your church can participate. The attached letter has already gone … to help children and youth determine if a situation is safe, and what to do when something feels unsafe. We can’t be … silence and secrecy; we must not allow it to thrive in our churches. So, we encourage you to take this opportunity to …
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… Here at the Office of Safe Church Ministry, we receive a variety of questions concerning … checks from our soon to be released toolkit to help churches develop and revise their policies: Screening Leaders … Background Checks: What Screening Services Does Your Church Use? …