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… relationships with God and others, to teach them about safe boundaries, and to teach them to take action if they … doctors, nurses, daycare staff, school counselors, and safe church committee members. It was a valuable and powerful … this curriculum to some of the smaller reservation churches as time allows. We are working on a mini-training …
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… Support Survivors.” Another nearby poster said “You are Safe Here.” Though not explicitly in reference to sexual … a space that felt powerful and healing—safe. I think churches have a lot to learn from initiatives like these. … You Are Safe Here …
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… could I not become an advocate in my community? Here at Safe Haven Ministries, we strive to be a refuge for women and … community. I find some of our strongest advocates are our churches. Churches have been an intimate part of Safe Haven’s … Speaking Up: My Work at Safe Haven Ministries …
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… best in a nurturing context of healthy relationships. Safe Church Ministry equips congregations in abuse awareness, … Ten Ways To Make Your Church a Safer Place …
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… higher rates of reported sexual crimes indicate a more safe and just community. A community where women believe … deny the mounting evidence parallel the tendency for many churches to immediately surround their accused spiritual … As in New York City, low rates of reported abuse in a church could indicate a less safe church rather than safe one …
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… We all need to be safe. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, safety is … nearby and I had my pillow. I remember feeling safe at church, surrounded by adults and children who cared about me … they knew, quite often a parent. So our excuse that “churches are like families” and therefore we don’t need to …
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… not primarily as a documentary of period of the Catholic church’s history, but to open our eyes to the reality of … after the opening of the Office of Abuse Prevention (now Safe Church), about 150 total reports of clergy abuse had …
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… What sets Samaritan SafeChurch apart from the generic “safe church” and “safe sanctuary” programs that have been … have no life. SafeChurch raises up the dry bones and calls churches to turn from lifeless policies that require …
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… Prevention & Education Program Manager at Safe Haven Ministries, give a presentation on domestic violence at the recent Safe Church Conference was an important and difficult …
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… 24, with a focus this year on the sex industry and the church. Why is Safe Church talking about the sex industry? Because it’s not …
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… Safe Haven Ministries recently published a film entitled “ … Nina is eloquent about describing the way in which the church culture she was a part of led directly to her abuse. … of what is fairly normal patterns of thinking in many churches. In any church, there is the danger of emotionally …
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… at Christianity Today highlighted how unprepared most churches are to respond appropriately to abuse. CT’s … with little concern for the damage done to the victim and church community. And yet Leadership Journal initially saw no … best of others and will strengthen our beliefs that we are safe from harm by assuring us that the victim was not really …