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.
Safe Church highlights resources for Youth Ministry, Social Media, and Online Streaming.
Safe Church Ministry shares a customizable Social Media Policy from Protect Young Eyes, an organization helping families, schools, and churches create safer digital environments.
Safe Church encourages churches that are working with ex-offenders to develop a covenant of conduct with the individual. Included are sample policies and a discussion about the importance of this process.
We'd rather not hear it, but it's important to listen—and the way we respond to a child's disclosure of abuse can make all the difference.
Here is a brief overview of the Advisory Panel Process. You'll also find a flow chart that illustrates the steps of the process.
As a supplement to the Safe Church Policy Toolkit, we are providing these sample policies as examples of what other churches use as their abuse prevention policies.
This resource is a consolidation of guidelines that CRC Synods have adopted over time, as a supplement to the Church Order, to equip churches to deal with an abuse allegation in a manner that is consistent with CRC beliefs and values.