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Safe Church has invited Yvonne Lammers and Patricia Van Reenan to lead us in a a discussion on how churches should respond to those with a criminal history in our church. Details below!
Safe Church has committed to holding a webinar each month this year in order to better connect, collaborate, and coordinate to end abuse. Here's an overview of all the 2020 webinars!
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.
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!
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.
As we connect online in the midst of a global quarantine, are we being safe? Are we keeping our children safe? This article offers resources to respond to these very important questions.
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.
Ruth Everhart, Presbyterian pastor, speaker and author of several books including her most recent release: The #MeToo Reckoning was our guest this month for our 2020 Safe Church webinar series. Here is the recording of the webinar and a list of resources noted during the webinar. Join us in May for our #MeToo Reckoning book study!
Domestic violence, child abuse, and pornography are on the rise right now. We need to be aware and support our community that is hurting right now.
This new resource from Safe Church Ministry is available in hardcopy and online. Also available in Spanish and Korean.
Highlights from the 2020 Inter-Classis Safe Church event in Waterloo Ontario. Thanks to all the presenters who generously shared information from their presentations!
Did you know Safe Church Ministry has established a coordinator grant? This grant is intended to help classes establish strong safe church teams.
In this webinar, we explored the theme of creating a Safe Church team. You'll find many great resources to support you in developing your Safe Church team!
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.
Safe Church seems to have received a lot of attention in recent years, in part due to the #MeToo movement. Many people are surprised to find out that it has a much longer history.
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.
What does abuse of power mean to a kid? Safe Church’s partner ministry, Kids Corner, developed an activity book designed to help kids 8 to 10 recognize the role power plays in bullying.
On January 29, Safe Church hosted it's first webinar of the year. This article is a highlight reel of the event.
Abuse Awareness Sunday includes resources about power. We all have it; the question is: How do we use it?
The Safe Church toolkit for responding to abuse would not be complete without a look at forgiveness.
Are you aware of how prevalent teen dating violence is? Educate yourself about the warning signs and ways to get help.
Safe Church will be hosting the first webinar in our new series ("Connect, Collaborate, and Coordinator to end abuse") on Wednesday, Jan 29 at 12 pm (EST). Join us!
We were so excited about the 2020 Safe Church Conference scheduled for October 22 to 24 in Grand Rapids, MI at a new venue, the Drury Inn. However, our world has changed in the face of Covid-19. We no longer believe that it's wise to invest the time, effort and monetary resources into planning for this face-to-face event. At the same time, our commitment to our mission, our Safe Church Coordinators, and their teams, has NOT changed. Stay tuned for new ways to do Safe Church conferencing and equipping.
These are adoptions from Synod 2019 that pertain to specifically to classes. These adoptions were recommended from the Addressing Abuse of Power Report.
Safe Church Ministry recently held a training event on Restorative Practices in Faith Communities. I'm excited to discuss the training and share links and information about Restorative Practices.