Parenting is hard! One of the most challenging jobs in the world, it requires patience, empathy, and the ability to ...

They say, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Children need people around them to provide a safe, healthy ...

No child abuse prevention plan is complete without a plan to reach out to the youth of the church with ...

A program is only effective when it is followed and evaluated. Once you have child abuse response and prevention protocols ...

Learning that a child has been abused while in the church’s care is a stressful situation, making good decisions more ...

More than one out of four people have experienced or are currently experiencing abuse, yet over half of all Protestant ...

Training the adults in the church is a vital step to keeping children safe. At a minimum every person who ...

Boundaries are important and keep people safe. The fence around a power plant is meant to keep people a safe ...

(Taken from virtusonline.org) Examples of appropriate contact with minors for Church programs include, but are not limited to: Verbal praise ...

Children need a safe environment in which they can learn God’s Word. Careful facility design is an important step to ...

This checklist is not exhaustive. It is meant to be a starting point and should be adapted to meet the ...

While abuse by a juvenile can impact a child emotionally, physically and spiritually, the process of dealing with a juvenile ...