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How should we respond when a spiritual leader does harm? This article discusses some do's and don'ts, particularly in relation to the recent revelations about Ravi Zacharias.
Queremos dar la bienvenida a Chelsea Schiavi a la Oficina de Relaciones Raciales como Coordinadora Administrativa. Obtenga más información sobre su experiencia, pasiones y aspiraciones en esta publicación.
We want to welcome Chelsea Schiavi to the Office of Race Relations and Safe Church Ministry as an Administrative Coordinator. Learn more about her background, passions, and aspirations in this post.
As of last month, I left my job at the seminary to begin working with Safe Church Ministry. Perhaps you are wondering why.
How might the communication system of trees help churches learn to steward cultures of renewal, health, healing, and wholeness?
A description of restorative justice or restorative practices without a sea of definitions, paradigm shifts and anecdotes: a restorative gift.
It's challenging to navigate making church safe for all members, specifically when dealing with someone who is a sexual offender. This is the journey of one church that dealt with this question.
I have thought for a long time now that people considering an intimate relationship with someone should ask that individual for character references.
Safe Church Ministry is excited to welcome Dr. Amanda Benkhuysen as the new director.
Safe Church offers mini-grants yearly to support the ongoing training and education for your safe church ministry. Applications are due by January 13 for 2021 mini-grants. Apply today!
God has blessed Safe Church Ministry, and Safe Church has blessed individuals, congregations, and classes, even during a pandemic. Join in the blessings, support Safe Church Ministry in 2020.
As a community we are marking the #16daysof activism against gender-based violence with in a series of events that have been planned by the CRCNA. Join us in this conversation.
MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) is offering a series of webinars this month on domestic abuse that offer awareness and education on this topic.
This conversation explores the connection between rape and suicide and considers what our theology on suicide is, and if it needs to shift.
Tara Boer’s webinar, Why the ACSs Adverse Childhood Experience Study (ACEs) Matters, is an effective resource to address both awareness and response.
The recent resignation of Pastor John Ortberg is yet another reminder that our churches have a great deal of work to do in the area of abuse prevention.
What does our response to the words of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say about us? Is this OK?
As a community of believers, we need to recognize how vulnerable any church can be to the potential for sexual abuse or harm to happen.
This story is part of Safe Church Ministry's SOS series. In this post, an anonymous CRC congregant shares his second blog of his journey of recognizing, remembering, and processing the abuse he endured.
My friend recently wrote this blog post and I thought this experience from her life may help us all understand more about living with trauma and the importance of boundaries.
May 7th is the National Day of Prayer in the United States. For Safe Church, prayer is at the foundation of our work. We want to invite you into our circle of prayer—today, and every day.
Safe Church leadership will soon change as I plan to retire in November. Yet the work of equipping congregations in abuse awareness, prevention, and response will continue.
Child abuse prevention begins at home, and churches, schools, and the entire community all have a part to play. It's up to all of us to protect our children from abuse.
How can we find time for abuse prevention training? Mission CRC brought in Dove’s Nest, an organization whose sole mission is to equip churches to prevent child abuse.
Perhaps especially in times of transition, but really in all of our days, the Lord invites us, with soft and contrite hearts, into his very presence. Let's pray.