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… November 2022 Webinar: Safe Church Basics Step 5: Responding to Abuse For our 2022 webinar series Safe Church went Back to the Basics of abuse prevention, … five steps to becoming a safer church. All of the 2022 Safe Church Basics Webinars can be viewed at …
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… “But I don’t feel safe.” That is what she said to me. She had just left her … and relational adversities later in life. We want our churches and ministry places to be physically, emotionally, … vast amount of people that have experienced trauma. The church can do this too. SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental …
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… because of his role as a pastor and the authority that the church had invested in him that she trusted him to comfort, … of cases of abuse by clergy and office bearers, but the Safe Church Ministry office continues to receive calls every … provide natural avenues for early intervention. Update the church’s safe church policy to include: guidelines for …
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… This is the final installment of a series of articles by Safe Church Ministry titled: When Spiritual Leaders Do Harm. The …
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… by those in positions of spiritual authority before the church recognizes there is a problem?” Those were the words … impact reporting will have on them. One way to create a safe and supportive system for reporting a concern about the conduct of a ministry leader is to establish a Safe Church team or appoint a Safe Church leader who can …
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… with the opposite sex. In ministry, for example, church leaders who abuse may pretend to be “progressive” by … meeting alone with a member of the opposite sex in the church—as a cover for initiating the grooming process and … to take place while maintaining clear transparency. Safe Church provides an invaluable set of guidelines to think …