On Choosing Whom to Live With
I have thought for a long time now that people considering an intimate relationship with someone should ask that individual for character references.
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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.
Our churches and communities would be safer if every church and every classis had a safe church team, people paying attention to abuse prevention and response. So, how do we get there?
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.
Safe Church training tools for safe church teams, ministry leaders, and anyone who wants to learn more about safe church ministry
The final webinar of the 2020 Safe Church Webinar Series: Features two courageous people who will raise their voices to share with us from their own experience of abuse.
MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) is offering a series of webinars this month on domestic abuse that offer awareness and education on this topic.
Why did God put a story about rape in his Holy Word? Perhaps he wants us to understand the experience, shared by so many women and men. This Bible discussion can help us understand.
On October 28th, 2020 Safe Church Ministry hosted a webinar with guest speaker Dr. Diane Langberg, author of Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. The recording is now available.
Hosted by Safe Communities, Circles of Hope is a 4-session group experience for those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.
Have you ever wondered how you or your faith community would respond to a situation where one member holds a Personal Protection Order (PPO) against another member?
On Wednesday Sept. 30, Safe Church hosted a webinar with Jay Stringer, author of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing, the recording has now been made available.
An overview of restorative practices, restorative justice, and restorative justice practices in the Christian Reformed Church in North America.
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.
View the video recording and the highlights of Safe Church's August 26th webinar with Boz Tchividjian, founder of GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment).
Abuse Awareness Sunday provides an opportunity for churches to bring abuse, which affects so many of us directly or indirectly, into the light.
A 2020 update on the ongoing development of the abuse of power training for pastors in the Christian Reformed Church.
This article includes an update of the actions that have taken place in response to the adoptions made at Synod 2019 regarding the Abuse of Power Report.
A 2020 update on the ongoing development of the Code of Conduct for Ministry Leaders in the Christian Reformed Church.
Safe Church highlights resources for Youth Ministry, Social Media, and Online Streaming.
I'm wondering how to keep the work of Safe Church (abuse awareness, prevention, and response) going during COVID. Any ideas?
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.