March 30, 2020
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Safe Church Webinar Series: Recap of March 25 Webinar
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!
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March 23, 2020
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Responding to a Child's Disclosure of Abuse
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.
March 22, 2020
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Safe Church Teams: A Brief History of Safe Church Ministry
Safe Church seems to have received a lot of attention in recent year, in part due to the #MeToo movement. Many people are surprised to find out that it has a much longer history.
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.
March 18, 2020
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Talking About Abuse Of Power With Our Kids
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.
March 18, 2020
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Mission CRC Hosts Child Abuse Prevention Training
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.
March 17, 2020
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Safe Church Webinar Wednesday March 25 at 12 PM Eastern
Safe Church Coordinators and leaders! Take advantage of this opportunity to connect and collaborate on best practices for forming safe church teams.
February 11, 2020
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Safe Church January 2020 Webinar Recap
On January 29, Safe Church hosted it's first webinar of the year. This article is a highlight reel of the event.
January 30, 2020
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It's All About Power
Abuse Awareness Sunday includes resources about power. We all have it; the question is: How do we use it?
January 28, 2020
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Responding to Abuse Toolkit: Forgiveness
The Safe Church toolkit for responding to abuse would not be complete without a look at forgiveness.
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Thanks Bev! Good recommendations.
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Safe Church has gathered additional resources specifically addressing abuse of power by clergy and ministry leaders. We're always glad to see people using resources that we've posted - and please...
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Throughout The Book of Forgiveness, Desmond Tutu and his daughter offer a number of activities that help you understand their discussion on forgiveness. An interesting one is carrying a rock with...
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This is not an easy question. There is not time or space here to address it fully. It must be noted that Church leaders represent our Lord, their position gives them an authority and power, which...
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Thank you for noticing our resources - glad that you found them helpful. And thank you for your work providing intervention and treatment services.
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Beautifully written - Thank you.
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A training is coming up April 11-13, 2019 at Willoughby CRC in Langley, BC. Find out more here! Our prayer is that many more churches will begin using restorative practices, which help us to...
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The webinar talked about leadership structures and contrasted a dominant power-over model of leadership to a partnership power-with and through leadership model. Perhaps that helps clarify.
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It was a great webinar! (Power With and Power Through ...) So thought provoking - and the ideas expressed about a partnership model of power have really stuck with me.
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Praise our God, who is an amazing, healing, transforming God, able to bring something beautiful out of the darkest places.
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