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Abuse by Clergy or Ministry Leaders Awareness: Bulletin Insert
When is it an affair? When can it be defined as abuse? The answers may not always seem clear.
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September 23, 2014
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Abuse by Clergy or Ministry Leaders Awareness: Helpful Websites
These websites offer excellent resources related to abuse by clergy or ministry leaders.
October 23, 2014
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Abuse by Clergy or Ministry Leaders Awareness: Video and Audio Resources
Check out these powerful video resources related to abuse by clergy or ministry leaders.
July 18, 2017
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Healthy Boundaries and the Billy Graham Rule
How can church leaders maintain appropriate boundaries that ensure safety, without discriminating or feeding into sexism or legalism?
August 15, 2018
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What Lessons Can We Learn from What’s Happened at Willow Creek?
From an outsider looking in at this situation and how it continues to unfold, there are some lessons that we in Safe Church Ministry should consider.
August 22, 2018
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S.O.S. Sexual Assault at a Retreat by Clergy
This story should help us realize that sexual assault must never be minimized and there must always be proper discipline administered to those who abuse their power. This too should remind us of the devastation that sexually inappropriate and assaultive behavior causes for women and men in all walks of life.
December 12, 2018
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Why Do Churches Cover Up Sin?
We have all seen the cases before, and been left scratching our heads. How did the church miss this? Here are some helpful thoughts from Practical Theology Professor David Murray that we would all do well to consider.
February 4, 2019
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Safe Church Not Alone: Faith Trust Institute
Based in Seattle, the Faith Trust Institute is a faith-based organization that provides written and video resources for the prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence, and church leader misconduct.
February 13, 2019
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Responding to Allegations of Abuse Publicly: Best Practices
Whenever a church member or leader is accused and arrested for a criminal sexual offense, there are serious repercussions in the entire community, both in and outside the church.
March 8, 2019
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教会要成为医治之地
罪恶、苦难、羞辱和冤屈让人难以承受，视觉的直观也使人震惊。教堂中的人对底下的人所遭受的恐怖创伤和苦难麻木不仁。事实上，他们是同谋。加纳教堂的敬拜形式之下，正是奴隶制、压暴政迫的黑暗，以及所有摧毁受造具有上帝形象之人的邪恶。但你应该明白，基督教并非看起来是包裹着邪恶、坐在地牢之上崇拜上帝的那样。
March 10, 2019
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柳溪教会带给我们的功课
四月，比尔-海波斯（Bill Hybels）从柳溪教会辞职，教会承诺要调查针对他的一些新指控。最初，他否认说几位女性的故事是捏造的。本月初，Heather Larson牧师和其他几位长老也已辞职，他们都在最初指控出现时支持过海波斯。
September 9, 2019
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Abuse of Power: Reflection, Lament, and Liturgy
Synod 2019 included a powerful litany that invited delegates to reflect and lament abuse of power that has caused much harm to many within our CRC community. Safe Church offers and recommends this litany for use in churches.
September 18, 2019
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Safe Church Advisory Panel Process Training: Oct. 19 in Grand Rapids, MI (And: Sept.28 in Burlington, ON; Oct. 4-5 in Charlottetown, PE)
This specialized training will prepare trainees to respond with compassion and justice when an allegation of abuse is made against a church leader. Sign up at GRapp.eventbrite.com.
October 11, 2019
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What the Catholic Church Is Doing With the Allegations of History
Take time to read about the ways in which our Catholic brothers and sisters are finding ways to offer reparations for past evil.
June 20, 2018
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Guidelines for Handling Abuse Allegations Against a Church Leader: The Advisory Panel Process
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.
March 20, 2020
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Synod 2016 Report Paves the Way for Abuse of Power Discussions
Synod 2016 adopted revisions to Church Order Supplements to article 82-84; the report included a discussion of the power dynamic involved in church leader misconduct.
January 23, 2015
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Abuse by Clergy or Ministry Leaders Awareness: Resources
Check out these books, articles and other resources related to abuse by clergy or ministry leaders.
May 1, 2020
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Book Study on Chuck DeGroat's "When Narcissism Comes to Church"
Safe Church is excited to host a book study on Chuck DeGroat's When Narcissism Comes to Church. The study will take place via Zoom on June 3, 10, and 17. Open invitation!
June 3, 2020
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Safe Church Book Study: The #MeToo Reckoning
I wasn’t sure how an online book study would work; turns out it was great! Especially with such an insightful book, The #MeToo Reckoning by Ruth Everhart.
May 2, 2020
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May 2020 Safe Church Webinar With Chuck DeGroat, Author of When Narcissism Comes to Church
On Wed May 27 at 12 pm Eastern, Safe Church hosted a webinar with Chuck DeGroat, author of When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse.
August 30, 2019
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APP (Advisory Panel Process) Flow Chart
Here is a brief overview of the Advisory Panel Process. You'll also find a flow chart that illustrates the steps of the process.
April 8, 2020
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April 2020 Safe Church Webinar With Ruth Everhart, Author of #MeToo Reckoning
Ruth Everhart, Presbyterian pastor, and author of The #MeToo Reckoning discussed how too often, churches have been complicit in protecting those who abuse and in maintaining cultures of secrecy, shame, and silence.
January 30, 2020
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Power: How Will We Use It?
Abuse Awareness Sunday includes resources about power. We all have it; the question is: How do we use it?
February 26, 2021
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In the Wake of Ravi Zacharias: When Spiritual Leaders Do Harm
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.