The Child Safeguarding Policy for Churches and Ministries
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1945270055 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Shira M. Berkovits worked on issues of youth advocacy, child protection, and criminal justice reform. Berkovits is founder and CEO of Sacred Spaces, a cross-denominational initiative to create systemic solutions to abuse in communal institutions. Prior to founding Sacred Spaces, Dr. Basyle (Boz) Tchividjian is a former child-abuse prosecutor who currently teaches Child Abuse and the Law and several other courses at Liberty University Schoo
But the task of developing a policy to keep children safe can seem too overwhelming it feels like an impossible task to plan for every contingency. This results in churches neglecting to put working safety plans in place, leaving themselves, and the children they care for, vulnerable. For the first time in history, this issue is finally being acknowledged by churches and faith communities. By walking through a wide range of scenarios, this book will assist churches and ministries to assess their current child abuse policies and guide them through each step they should take to address the safety of children under their care. This handbook, authored and edited by a multidisciplinary team of child abuse experts, is designed to help churches and faith communities formulate policies and procedures to protect children and deal with possible child abuse in their ministries, school, and church. Covering vitally important topics including the warning signs of abuse, how to respond to abuse allegations and care for victims, and the legal implications and requirements for churches and Christia
This guide provides the direction needed to implement a complete care system that pre¬vents abuse, as well as loving interventions for those affected when the unimaginable happens. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed “Child abuse is a fearful, uncomfortable, and shocking topic that some church leaders may want to ignore. We’re called to disciple children to be wor¬shipers of God—but you can’t disciple an unsafe child. This amazing book gives every church the best equipping tool to protect our most precious congregants (our children) from the most heinous of acts.” Joel C. Sadly, the church has often protected abusers and itself, thus further traumatizing victi