This article provides a history on the introduction of the Code of Conduct, as well as articles for further conversation. A video overview of the code is also included.
In this webinar, we will highlight some key myths that many of us hold about our abuse prevention policies—and how to go forward with revisions and making new policies
Use this tool to help assess how safe your congregation is from all kinds of abuse, and how you might nurture a culture that resists abuse.
In this webinar, a panel discusses abuse scenarios that have impacted CRC communities and the Safe Church Assessment tool is introduced.
Join us at Inspire 2022! Safe Church is hosting a pre-conference event on August 4, as well as four other workshops.
Learn how to use restorative principles, practices, and ways of being to deepen relationships, create healthier church communities, and build capacity to transform conflict into opportunity.
Do you feel overwhelmed by the task of making your church safe and resistant to abuse? Tune into this webinar series!
Learn more about the work of Safe Church Ministry, including information on resources, staff, and services (i.e. coaching, consulting, and grants).
Find resources to commemorate Abuse Awareness Sunday 2022!
A quick video highlighting 2021 with Safe Church Ministry!
Do you have ideas for how you could forward the Safe Church Ministry in your classis? Apply for a mini-grant today!
This simple PDF was adapted from Howard Zehr's book, Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times.
In this post, you'll find study guides with discussion questions, quotes, and themes for hosting a 5-session book study on A Church Called TOV.
On Wednesday December 8th at 12p Eastern, this webinar will feature conversation with a panel of CRCNA Justice Ministries Staff talking about ways of forming cultures of goodness.
October Safe Church Webinar is all about how faith leaders can work together with social services in a coordinated community response to domestic abuse.
In this workshop, participants will experience the history and framework of restorative practices, and how to integrate them in a church setting.
In this webinar, Dr. Amanda Benckhuysen and Rev. Elaine May talk with Dr. Beth Allison Barr about her new book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood.
Watch this conversation with Dr. Dawn Gibson and Pastor Anthony Gibson on Trauma-Informed Congregations.
Safe Church Ministry is hosting a virtual book study open to all interested in learning more about creating a TOV (good) culture in our churches!
Watch this webinar, which explores the following aspects of the framework for restorative practices: continuum of practices, practice domains, fair process, and the compass of shame.
Position opening for Classis Lake Erie Safe Church and Disability Concerns Coordinator with a $1,500 annual stipend.
Here is a list of basic of resources and ways you can stay connected to Safe Church Ministry for up-to-date information.
This webinar explored why restorative practices are worth it in the aftermath of COVID, helped define following aspects of the framework for restorative practices: continuum of practices, practice domains, fair process, and the compass of shame.
How can we envision shalom in a society of increasingly complex webs of relationships, systems of governments and institutions?
This story is part of Safe Church Ministry's SOS series. In this post, an anonymous CRC congregant shares his journey of recognizing, remembering, and processing the abuse he endured.