Does your church offer as safe an environment as possible for children?
Engage in the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Initiative in your county. Host Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children training. Expect staff and volunteers to attend, while making it available to all adults in the congregation. Through taking part in the training, child protection policies can be discussed and reinforced. Answer the "Why do we have to do it that way" questions and get your whole team on board! Your team will be more unified, parents and children more empowered regarding safety, and potential church-goers will know they can trust that their children will be as safe as possible.
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” - Mark 9:37
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” - Mark 9:37
Church is not a destination, it is the Body of Christ.
"Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'” - Matthew 9:36-38 (NIV)
"...to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up..." - Ephesians 4:12 (NIV)
"...to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up..." - Ephesians 4:12 (NIV)