Clay7926
Puritan Board Sophomore
Hi folks,
A number of churches nowadays have 'safe church' policies in place. In other words, each church has a written protocol they follow in situations involving child/vulnerable adult abuse and neglect, and even spousal abuse. Some of these policies include background checks on all church volunteers as a means of making sure that there are no sexual or child predators who are trying to become church volunteers or such. As someone who currently works in Child Abuse/Neglect prevention, education, and prosecution, I've never heard of this phenomena, and want to get a little more info.
Is anyone here part of a church with such policies, or has anyone been a part of encouraging their local church to adopt said policies? I know that the CRCNA has adopted such policies, but have any other Reformed, confessional churches moved in this direction? Why or why not?
(BTW--Mods, please feel free to move this if it is in the wrong area).
A number of churches nowadays have 'safe church' policies in place. In other words, each church has a written protocol they follow in situations involving child/vulnerable adult abuse and neglect, and even spousal abuse. Some of these policies include background checks on all church volunteers as a means of making sure that there are no sexual or child predators who are trying to become church volunteers or such. As someone who currently works in Child Abuse/Neglect prevention, education, and prosecution, I've never heard of this phenomena, and want to get a little more info.
Is anyone here part of a church with such policies, or has anyone been a part of encouraging their local church to adopt said policies? I know that the CRCNA has adopted such policies, but have any other Reformed, confessional churches moved in this direction? Why or why not?
(BTW--Mods, please feel free to move this if it is in the wrong area).